Showing Kathie Lee and Hoda the incredible variety of life around the world, Julie Scardina of SeaWorld, Busch Gardens brings a sloth, an otter, a wallaby and a rock hyrax to Studio 1A.April 13, 2012 ...

As the Sloth Conservation Foundation writes, Oct. 20 is "more than an excuse to take it easy, it is a day to recognize an important member of tropical ecosystems" Oh hi there! We're just hanging out ...

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 ...

But when it comes to their biology, the Central and South American critters are anything but boring. "Thirty percent of their body weight is just digesting, fermenting leaves," says Cliffe. "So ...

Sloths are typecast for being slow. But while sloths are a bit sluggish compared with most mammals, that is hardly their only noteworthy trait. Here are a few other things worth knowing about sloths.

Once a week, three-toed sloths slowly descend from the leafy forest canopy to poop on the ground. Why do these sluggish mammals go on such a long and potentially dangerous journey instead of just ...

Becky Cliffe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Three-toed sloths have a reputation for being some of the sleepiest of all animals, largely due to a single study, which found that captive sloths snooze for 16 hours a day. That certainly seems like ...