In the dense mangroves of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the coast of Panama, resides one of the world’s most ...

The pygmy three-toed sloth requires rapid action from the Panamanian government if it is to survive. Photo courtesy of Bryson Voirin. Larger view of the world’s smallest sloth.

Although many mistake them for monkeys or even bears, sloths are not primates, much less carnivores. These slow-moving, ...

The Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth is endemic to a small island off the coast of Panama. Photo courtesy of Bryson Voirin. The world’s smallest sloth is threatened by human ...

A rare pygmy three-toed sloth stirred an international controversy after officials of the Dallas World Aquarium caught and crated six of the creatures on Isla Escudo de Veraguas, an island off Panama.

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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 ...

A Smithsonian scientist found that pygmy sloths wander inland in addition to inhabiting the mangrove fringes of their island refuge. He realized that the population size of the pygmy sloth was ...

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