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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 ...

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct. By Jeanne Timmons Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million ...

Ever since French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, first described the sloth in 1749, the planet’s slowest moving mammal has had its work cut out for it. “These sloths are the lowest ...

Among the greatest mysteries of the tropical rainforest are the pooping habits of sloths. Really. Those furry, slow-moving tree dwellers almost never descend from the safety of the tree tops—except ...

Sloths are fascinating creatures known for their slow movements and their almost entirely arboreal lifestyle. These sluggish mammals spend the majority of their lives hanging from the branches of ...

Experts say sloths appear to be infection resistant - Copyright AFP - The fur of Costa Rican sloths appears to harbor antibiotic-producing bacteria that scientists ...