Sloths are renowned for being slow-moving, lazy creatures that cover only two metres every minute and sleep for up to 20 hours a day. In fact, they move so slowly, algae and funghi have enough time to ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sloths are cute. Take this video of baby sloths being washed: Until ...

Zebras, rhinos, and capybaras often have their pesky ticks and other parasites pecked off by the hungry birdies perched on their backs. Now, for the first time, researchers have observed brown jays ...

Sloths are animals that live in tropical rainforests in Central and South America, and they hang on trees for a long time and hardly move, and even if they move, they ...

Three-toed sloths descend from the canopy about once a week to defecate, risking predation during one of the most dangerous moments of their lives. A single sloth bowel movement can account for up to ...

Sloths are famous for their exceptionally slow motor skills and petite faces that seem to beam with an almost natural smile. However, less commonly known is the unusual bathroom habit of certain sloth ...

Why does a sloth poop on the ground when it spends the bulk of its time high in the trees? The behavior—oddly fastidious for the languorous creatures—is a hallmark of tree sloths: sloths chill amid ...

Biologists puzzle over the fact that sloths descend from their trees to poop. The behavior might support a rare mutualism with algae and moths that live in the creatures' fur. Humans generally don’t ...

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct. By Jeanne Timmons Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million ...

Here’s a memorable encounter between David Attenborough and a three-toed sloth, as shown in Life of Mammals. Sloths normally spend their lives hanging from high branches, but this one ambles down to ...