Known for their peaceful appearance and the impression that they’re always smiling, sloths now have extra protection to ...

Saginaw Township — A small pet store in Saginaw Township has sued a competitor for slander, was criticized by another for using its name and publicly shamed a customer for not paying a bill. In August ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, ...

Sloth in prison -- The Great Basin now and then -- A zoologically impoverished world -- Dating an ass -- A stable of ground sloths -- Extinct mammals, dangerous plants, and the early peoples of the ...

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 ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...

Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge – up to 4 tons – and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed ...