The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

Predators scanning the treeline for prey will have a hard time identifying it due to the algae, which gives the sloth a green ...

Central and South America’s sloth populations may face a dire existential threat from climate change by the end of the century. New research published on September 27 in the journal PeerJ ...

The Hoffman's two-toed sloth is one of the world's slowest mammals—so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of ...

On a nature reserve in central India, an “extremely rare” mammal meandered through the trees with two cubs flopped across its ...

They may not be able to walk or talk yet, but all eyes will be on your baby when they wear one of these super cute baby ...

The study, titled "Sloth Metabolism May Make Survival Untenable Under Climate Change Scenarios," investigates how two-fingered sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni), living in both highland and lowland ...

To mark the BBC Radio 4 documentary The Power of Sloth, zoologist and author of Life in the Sloth Lane, Lucy Cooke, unleashes her inner sloth to discover why being lazy could actually be the ...

Sloths are more vulnerable to the rising temperatures associated with climate change than other mammals, due to their unique physiology. In a new study, my colleagues and I found that sloths’ ability ...

I visited The Container Store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Though I loved the variety of organization options, I was ...

More than 20 U.S. travelers returning from Cuba have tested positive for Oropouche virus, also named sloth fever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as the little ...