Sloths can take as long as one minute to move just 12 inches. It seems like a chill existence, until you consider what a glacial pace means for their pooping habits.

Sloths are becoming popular for something far more dangerous than their resting image. The sloth has become a host for the ...

French photographer Emmanuel Tardy's image of a sloth clinging to a post in Costa Rica is one of the images from the 2025 ...

A striking photograph reveals the consequences of human activity on wildlife: this sloth desperately seeks refuge after ...

The image starkly depicts the challenges sloths face as humans increasingly encroach on their habitat. All five species of ...

India is a country with a great biodiversity and possesses some quite unique ecosystems. Indian forests are among the most ...

Who takes the crown for the slowest mover on Earth — sloth, turtle or slug? Scientists have finally settled the debate, and the surprising answer might slow you down too.

Paula came from South America to Halle Zoo at age two, beginning a peaceful and long life in Saxony-Anhalt. She lived over twice the wild lifespan of two-toed sloths, surpassing even the 40-year mark ...

Scientists are using new tools and technologies like artificial intelligence to look for new medicines in plants and other ...

A deadly malaria-like “sloth virus” has been detected in Britain for the first time, triggering a warning from the UK’s health watchdog to those with symptoms to seek urgent medical help. UK Health ...

In the rainforest, much of life dwells in the tree canopy. But getting up there to study it isn’t easy. By the time a human ...

Visitors to Sri Lanka tend to stay in the south of the island, or explore the tea plantations and ancient Buddhist sites in ...