The sloth family tree once sported a dizzying array of branches, body sizes and lifestyles, from small and limber tree climbers to lumbering bear-sized landlubbers. Why sloth body size was once so ...

BEFORE WE GO, THE RACINE ZOO HAS WELCOMED A NEW MEMBER TO ITS FAMILY. TAKE A LOOK AT MISSY, A TWO TOED SLOTH. SHE’S 28 YEARS OLD. THE ZOO IS OPEN YEAR ROUND. ITS HOURS DURING THE WINTER ARE 10 TO 4.

Sloths, the famously slow-moving yet adorable creatures native to Central and South America, could face extinction by the end of the century due to climate change. Researchers investigating how sloths ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Say hello to Ruth and Chata, the two newest animals on display at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Zoo officials unveiled the all-new Sloth Crossing exhibit Saturday with a ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating on ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Giant sloths used to roam all over North America. Over 10 times ...

A cooling, drying climate turned sloths into giants – before humans potentially drove the huge animals to extinction. Today’s sloths are small, famously sluggish herbivores that move through the ...

A sloth in its natural habitat in Costa Rica, where sloth populations have decreased in the past decade, according to Rebecca Cliffe, lead author of the research. Bernd Dittrich via Unsplash In the ...

While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant shuffled across the woodlands of the ancient Americas between 60,000 and five ...

The famously unhurried animals spend the Super Bowl commercial trying it to make it through the Monday after the big game Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...