Hundreds gathered at the Woodland Park Zoo on Tuesday to break ground on its newest exhibit. Around 100 kids dug tiger-striped shovels into the ground at the zoo to start construction of the new $19.6 ...

For the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), Christmas came early in 2025. Zookeepers were delighted to welcome two new arrivals—sloth bear cubs, born in an off-exhibit ...

Sloths, capybaras, and quokkas, oh my! Discovery why children love certain animals like these more than others.

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The cubs’ mother, Molly, arrived at the zoo from Kansas last April and her pregnancy occurred after a breeding recommendation from the Species Survival Plan The Smithsonian's National Zoo is ...

Talk about ending the year on a high note. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo closed out 2025 with a rare double dose of good news, welcoming two sloth bear cubs for the first time in more than a decade.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced Jan. 6 that two sloth bear cubs were born in their care Dec. 7 and will debut in an exhibit this spring. The ...

After this weekend, the Woodland Park Zoo's two sloth bears will spend a few years off exhibit while the zoo builds its new Asian tropical forest exhibit. So, this week will be visitors' last chance ...

The tiny cubs, currently off-exhibit, are expected to debut in Spring 2026. Mike Bock Nearly one month old, the two sloth bear cubs are shown resting in their den on Jan. 5, 2026. Zoo staff are ...

Two sloths living at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens have a new home with the opening of Sloth Crossing, the zoo's new habitat for Ruth, a 7-year-old female Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, and Chata, a 29 ...

Cape Fear Museum prepares to move major exhibit The replica of a giant sloth discovered off Randall Parkway in 1991 is on the move to the Cape Fear Museum's new space in downtown Wilmington.