In 2024, public health officials were on high alert as a wave of "sloth fever" cases appeared in travelers returning to the United States from Cuba. With the vast majority of the nation's 105 cases ...

This 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on the skin of a human host. (James Gathany/CDC via AP) ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - We’re kicking off 2025 with an extra special guest located at the North Florida Wildlife Center. Every month, WCTV heads to the Jefferson County non-profit and puts a ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An adorable, furry baby Hoffman's two-toed sloth made its debut at a zoo in Florida. Zookeepers at the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society have been monitoring the baby sloth ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman’s two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in Florida. Both ...

A utility crew digging a trench in Florida came across a fossilized part of an 11,000-year-old giant ground sloth that was originally named by Thomas Jefferson. The team in Florida’s Manatee County ...