They feasted on the fruit and then dispersed the seeds far and wide. All tree sloths that we see today evolved from giant ground sloths — there were thought to be over 80 different types with ...

Sloths are so slow that moss and fungi can grow on their fur! They move at an average speed of 0.17 miles per hour. This leisurely pace conserves energy as their diet is low in calories. Sloths have ...

The two-toed sloths, as the name suggests, have two claws on their front limbs, while the three-toed sloths have three claws on all four limbs. The two-toed sloths are also slightly larger than their ...

In fact, sloths are one of the most extreme animals on the planet, and not just because they poop only once a week. First of all, sloths really are extremely slow. Their top speeds clock in at ...

South American megafauna, from giant sloths to camel-like creatures, survived thousands of years longer than we thought, ...

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 ...

There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths. All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their ...

There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths. All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their ...

Moritz Wolf/imageBROKER/Getty Images There’s something about Costa Rica that feels like stepping into a live action Jurassic Park. Hiking the slopes of a volcano in the rainy darkness, the light from ...

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