Sago, 6 years old, went into labor on April 2, surprising senior zookeeper Jill Erzar. Although Erzar had suspected Sago was expecting her first baby — having been intentionally paired with a male for ...

ST. PAUL — Visitors to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul got a surprise on Wednesday, April 2, when a two-toed ...

As it turns out, it’s easy to miss when a sloth is expecting. Something similar happened at the Hattiesburg Zoo in 2018 when ...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory visitors and staff were surprised to witness the birth of a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth Wednesday while the baby’s mother was on exhibit. “We couldn’t have ...

By Jeanne Timmons Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million years ago, eventually ranging as far north as Canada. While their modern relatives dwell in trees and top out at the size ...

On February 8, the San Diego Zoo celebrated the birth of a new baby sloth. The adorable little guy, born to sloth mama Xena, is her third baby. He was the first sloth pup to be born at the San ...

The zoo announced that the blessed event happened while a 6-year-old Hoffmann's two-toed sloth named Sago was on exhibit in the primate building. It's the first baby for Sago and her mate ...

That makes spotting a baby difficult because the pouch is located on the mom’s tummy area where humans have a belly button.

ST. PAUL — Visitors to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul got a surprise on Wednesday, April 2, when a two-toed sloth gave birth while on exhibit. The baby sloth was born to a 6-year ...