Sloths are renowned for being slow-moving, lazy creatures that cover only two metres every minute and sleep for up to 20 hours a day. In fact, they move so slowly, algae and funghi have enough time to ...

Zebras, rhinos, and capybaras often have their pesky ticks and other parasites pecked off by the hungry birdies perched on their backs. Now, for the first time, researchers have observed brown jays ...

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 ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sloths are cute. Take this video of baby sloths being washed: Until ...

A tree-dwelling sloth’s climb down to ground level for its weekly bathroom break may not be pointless daintiness. The trip is risky and (for a sloth) energetically expensive. Yet the effort could be ...

For the three-toed sloth, a trip to the restroom is no rest at all. It’s a long, slow descent into mortal danger from the safety of home among the upper branches of the forest. For the three-toed ...

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 ...

The fur of Costa Rican sloths appears to harbor antibiotic-producing bacteria that scientists hope may hold a solution to the growing problem of “superbugs” resistant to humanity’s dwindling arsenal ...