A rare virus known as ‘Sloth Fever’ is spreading to Europe after killing at least two people in Brazil. Oropouche virus is infecting travellers in South America, leading to fears the spread ...

The Lancet medical journal reported that the virus has a reservoir in pale-throated sloths, but also non-human primates and birds. Nonetheless the possible link to sloths seems to have caught on.

Carob the sloth, 36, of the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, went on a medical journey after his keepers saw swelling in his jaw. He had a history of dental problems so staff quickly took him to a ...