Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka’s largest and a prime location for year-round sloth bear sightings, has sparked concern after the sudden deaths of three sloth bears (Melursus ursinus inornatus ...

UDHAGAMANDALAM: A lone sloth bear has broken into at least 10 houses in and around Coonoor town in the Nilgiris in the last three months. In the latest case on Wednesday night, the bear broke into ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A female sloth bear cub was born at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which is now holding a vote allowing residents to name the new arrival. A news release from the zoo says the ...

Bowie, a three-month-old sloth bear cub, made her first public appearance at the Woodland Park Zoo this weekend. The bear cub was born on Jan. 8 and shares a birthday and namesake of icon David Bowie.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo announced on Wednesday the results of a public poll that determines the names of two sloth bear cubs that were born back in December. While asking ...

The Sloth Bear is perhaps the most iconic and widespread bear species in India, endemic to the Indian subcontinent. If you are familiar with The Jungle Book, you know the lovable character Baloo.

Sloth bear cubs stay with their mother until they are 1.5 to 2.5 years old. Sloth bears are a vulnerable species of bear due to habitat destruction and poaching, that are not related to sloths ...

SEATTLE — A 3-month-old sloth bear cub named Bowie will make her public debut this weekend at Woodland Park Zoo. Named for David Bowie, with whom she shares a birthday, January 8, will venture ...

When hibernating a bear will lose up to a third of its body weight and only breathe once a minute. The sloth bear has lost two of its front teeth and has flaps which cover its nostrils so that it ...

An unusual bear cub is in Cleveland, just waiting for you to find her a name. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Tuesday that a sloth bear cub was born back in December. The unnamed female cub ...