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Karnataka Forest Department officials on Monday (March 30) captured a sloth bear that had been roaming in villages around Shivamogga airport. The animal had a GPS radio collar around its neck. The ...

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BATTLE CREEK, MI — It was slow to happen, but Binder Park Zoo has its first baby Linne’s two-toed sloth in more than 20 years. Cameras mounted in the sloth habitat captured the birth Monday, March 2, ...

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Two sloth bear cubs were born at the National Zoo, which appears to be good news for this vulnerable species and perhaps bad news for the termites on which they dine. The births, which occurred Dec. 7 ...