Researchers have shed light on the activity patterns and behavioral adaptations of two sympatric sloth species, Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hoffmanni. This groundbreaking study, conducted in the ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammals, have evolved over 64 million years into a species that thrives throughout Central America and northern South America, but climate change and human sprawl could be ...

Among the greatest mysteries of the tropical rainforest are the pooping habits of sloths. Really. Those furry, slow-moving tree dwellers almost never descend from the safety of the tree tops—except ...

Researchers say sloths aren't lazy, they're just "energy efficient." (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Magill says that by examining these “lazy behaviors,” humans might learn how ...

Videos in India show that sloth bears seem unaware of being stalked by the ferocious felines. When the tigers try to strike, the bears often get the better of them. By Andrew Chapman In North America, ...

A humorous and rare look at a sloth’s natural behavior, capturing a surprising moment in the wild. What to know about the ...

Bauer, Erika B. and Hellmuth, Heidi. 2007. "Trying to reduce stereotypic pacing behavior in an adult male Sloth bear: a scientific approach with environmental enrichment." ABMA Wellspring, 8, (3) 8–13 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...

This is true of the bizarre fruit Eremotherium can be seen eating in the series, the very cannonball-like fruit of the ...

Two sloths living at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens have a new home with the opening of Sloth Crossing, the zoo's new habitat for Ruth, a 7-year-old female Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, and Chata, a 29 ...