Rico The Sloth On The Mend After Pioneering Dental Surgery. Rico the sloth has undergone pioneering surgery to take care of a pesky toothache that had been plaguing Chester Zoo's slow-moving mammal.

Rico, 25, is believed to be the first sloth to undergo this operation, carried out by a team at Chester Zoo who worked alongside dental experts from Newcastle University. Zookeepers were the first ...

Early last year, keepers at Chester Zoo first spotted that 25-year-old Rico, a two-toed sloth, had swellings on the side of his face. A series of health check-ups, including a CT scan, revealed ...

The sloth presented a visual distraction to drivers and a safety risk if it fell from the tree and into the travel lanes. (WSDOT photo) TOPICS: BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Washington State ...

Two weeks ago, Como Zu welcomed *** new member to the family. Sago, *** Hoffman two-toed sloth, gave birth in front of visitors. She was right in front of the public, right in front of the glass ...

THERE ARE YOUR POPS. TIME FOR FRIDAY MORNING EYE POPPER’S STONE ZOO WELCOMING A BABY SLOTH. ALL RIGHT, LET’S SLOW THINGS DOWN HERE, MOM. LUNESTA GAVE BIRTH ON WEDNESDAY. THE NEW KID JOINING ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has removed a second giant stuffed sloth from a tree over Interstate 5 (I-5) near Bellingham, reported My Bellingham Now on Monday.

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 ...

“It was fun playing your mother even though we were sloths,” Joy said. John asked her if her voiceover was inspired by his famous Sid voice and she said no. “Why not, Joy?” the actor ...

Sid the Kid may have broken a major Wayne Gretzky record in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 7-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. But it was Sid and the Kids at Saturday's practice in Cranberry, PA ...

A 6-year-old, two-toed sloth unexpectedly went into labor in her zoo exhibit in front of zoo goers on Wednesday, April 2 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...