The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is one of the world’s most endangered mammals, according to a detailed survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in ...

The Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) hanging out in the mangroves of Escudo Island. Photo courtesy of Bryson Voirin.

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 ...

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

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) notified the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today of its intent to sue the agency for failing to make a timely 12-month finding, as required by the Endangered ...

The pygmy sloth — the world’s smallest sloth — is considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. A 2017 study showed only 48 individuals left in the wild, and ...

The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is considered a critically endangered mammal by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Despite their lovable lazy faces, there are very few efforts ...

On September 9, 2013, Dallas World Aquarium (DWA) representatives traveled to Panama to collect several pygmy three-toed sloths—the world’s smallest sloth—to bring back to Texas.

Journalist Ana Salceda searches for pygmy three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) on Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the coast of Panama. What she finds exceeds her expectations–a ...

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.

Pygmy sloths wander inland in addition to inhabiting the mangrove fringes of their island refuge. A researchers now suggests that the population size of the pygmy sloth has been underestimated; a ...