Sloths, Capybaras, and Quokkas: Why Certain Animals Become Kid Obsessions

Every couple of years, a new collection of animals find their way into the mainstream. It used to be lions, tigers, and even ...
Mongabay

Sloth, giant armadillo, and fishing cat conservationists win Future for Nature Award 2022

Three people known for their work with sloths, fishing cats and giant armadillos were announced this week as winners of the 2022 Future for Nature Award. Tiasa Adhya of India, Gabriel Massocato from ...
Washingtonian

For $100, You Can Hang Out With Two-Toed Sloths at This Reston Zoo

You’ve heard of cat cafes and goat yoga, but what about… sloth encounters? That’s a new offering at the NOVA Wild zoo in Reston, which recently welcomed a new pair of two-toed sloths—aptly named ...
Mongabay

Stricter rules adopted to protect sloths from pet trade and selfie tourism

CITES, the global wildlife trade regulation, has agreed to implement stricter rules for the trade in two sloth species increasingly targeted by the tourism industry. Thanks to its peaceful and ...
HeraldNet

Alaska OKs some exotic cats; bars chimps, sloths

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska is famous for wildlife: moose, bear, whales. Not capuchin monkeys and kinkajous. And the Alaska Board of Game wants it to stay that way. The board considers exotic pet ...