Sloths show that slow living sustains nature. Protecting them means preserving the balance of forests. Their story teaches ...

Every October 20, the world slows down (at least in spirit) for International Sloth Day. It’s the perfect excuse to celebrate ...

Sloths are known for how slowly they move, but their slow speed isn't just a funny quality they have— it's part of why their species has survived for 64 million years. Following is the text of the ...

(WHTM) –The third Saturday in October is the day to contemplate the sloths, those charming creatures who remind us that the fast lane is not always the best way to travel. Get daily news, weather, ...

Ever since French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, first described the sloth in 1749, the planet’s slowest moving mammal has had its work cut out for it. “These sloths are the lowest ...

Sloths are notoriously slow. Living in rainforests in Central and South America, sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down in the trees, rarely coming down to the ground. There are two main ...

Conventional wisdom has it that sloths are simple, lazy creatures that do very little other than sleep all day. Even the very name “sloth” in most languages translates to some version of “lazy.” It ...

This episode of the Inside NATURE podcast is all about sloths–perhaps the strangest group of creatures evolution has ever produced. While other species get ahead by being the fastest, the biggest or ...

Over the past few years the sloth has turned into the celebrity of the animal kingdom. But while the animal may look adorable on your computer screen, a new biological theory reveals just how un-cute ...

Sloths are the quintessential couch potatoes of the rainforest, and these sluggish tree-dwellers also serve as a hotel for moths and algae. Three-toed sloths descend from the trees once a week to ...