Salvador, as the new tamandua has been named, marks the second-ever birth of the South American-native species in the zoo’s history. “Salvador is currently bonding with his mother, Rio, behind ...

Anteaters are abundant across Central and South America, except for the giant anteater, which is categorized as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Anteaters are often confused with two long-snouted ...

Abram Dreyer and his son found the the 20-pound South American anteater alongside a road in Rainier, Washington. He took Sweetpea home and tried looking for its owner. He succeeded and Sweetpea is ...

The Isthmus of Panama is what separates North and South America, and anteaters live on both sides. — Darrin Lunde, collections manager, Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History ...

Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo, early this month, announced the arrival of a giant anteater from a zoo in Fresno, ...

The Miller Park Zoo is welcoming a baby giant anteater. The pup entered the world in the early morning hours of June 16.

The $1.1-million exhibit will take visitors into the South American grasslands when it opens on April 17. ... Fewer than 100 giant anteaters live in captivity in North America, ...

Their closest relatives are the sloths of Central and South American tropical rainforests. The silky anteater is the smallest, with an average body length of little more than a foot and a weight ...

Six New Tiny Anteater Species Found—Hiding in Plain Sight. Tree-dwelling and nocturnal, silky anteaters of Central and South America have often eluded scientists—until now.

Share Brookfield Zoo just got another furry new addition. A male giant anteater pup was born Dec. 15 and has begun roaming Brookfield’s Tropic World: South America habitat, according to the west ...