Sloths are notoriously slow. Living in rainforests in Central and South America, sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down in the trees, rarely coming down to the ground. There are two main ...

Sloths are known for their slow and sleepy nature. These cute mammals, which spend most of their time upside down, can be found in the trees of South America and Central America. These mellow-looking ...

When you picture the jungle, your mind might jump to roaring tigers, monkeys swinging wildly from tree to tree, or bright ...

Slow down, you move too fast! Brooklynites who need to make the morning last can take a lesson from a new exhibit coming to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum on Oct. 26. “Survival of the Slowest,” will ...

When it comes to physical activity, few animals have as maligned a reputation as the sloth. The six sloth species, which call Brazil and Panama home, move with no urgency, having seemingly adapted to ...

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 ...

The Charles Paddock Zoo earlier this month welcomed a new animal to Atascadero: a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth named Rayne. The 4-year-old slow-moving mammal is nocturnal and spends most of his life ...