Unless you live in the tropical rainforests of South or Central America, most of the sloths you’ll encounter will be two-toed sloths. This is because they are able to eat quite a varied diet and are ...

Sloths show that slow living sustains nature. Protecting them means preserving the balance of forests. Their story teaches ...

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Giant ground sloths have often been portrayed as gentle giants of the ice age. Much of their anatomy, from their flat molars to their vat-like guts, seems consistent with a diet centered around the ...

The tooth of an ancient, extinct, 13-foot-tall sloth that took its last drink of water 27,000 years ago is yielding a glimpse into what life, and Earth’s climate, was like oh those many years ago. In ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Though the Shasta ground sloth went extinct approximately 12,000 years ago, we know their diet included Joshua trees because preserved sloth dung found in caves contained seeds, leaves and fruits of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Zoo crew enthusiastically supports healthy, plant-based diets — make no beans about it. Although they’ll whip up hummus or a veggie burger instead. In a press ...