Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers—they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal responds to a 2013 petition filed after officials ...

An adult pygmy three-toed sloth weighs between 5.5 and 7.7 pounds and measures ... Ongoing destruction and fragmentation of its habitat, exploitation for food, the presence of feral cats, and lack of ...