The sloth in the video above appears to be an adult pale-throated three-toed sloth, or Bradypus tridactylus. Their native habitat is the canopies of tropical rainforests in Central and South America.

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

The extinct giant ground sloths were some of the only mammals that had digestive systems large enough to process the huge avocado seeds whole. They feasted on the fruit and then dispersed the ...

Sloth Crossing is the newest exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The zoo is home to a pair of sloths, Chata and Ruth. The new exhibit will be in the zoo's Play Park area. Two sloths ...

Recent detailed comparisons of the hyoid bones of ground sloths, however, suggest that G. robustum may have been able to protrude its tongue to a greater degree than many other sloths, allowing it to ...

The Hoffman's two-toed sloth is one of the world's slowest mammals—so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of ...

To mark the BBC Radio 4 documentary The Power of Sloth, zoologist and author of Life in the Sloth Lane, Lucy Cooke, unleashes her inner sloth to discover why being lazy could actually be the ...