Conventional wisdom has it that sloths are simple, lazy creatures that do very little other than sleep all day. Even the very name “sloth” in most languages translates as some version of “lazy”. It ...

Conventional wisdom has it that sloths are simple, lazy creatures that do very little other than sleep all day. Even the very name “sloth” in most languages translates to some version of “lazy.” It ...

Researchers say sloths aren't lazy, they're just "energy efficient." (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Magill says that by examining these “lazy behaviors,” humans might learn how ...

When you picture the jungle, your mind might jump to roaring tigers, monkeys swinging wildly from tree to tree, or bright ...

Picture a sloth and what do you see? Some slow-moving, hairy beast, just hanging around, maybe even catching some Zs. And that’s just your husband. Ok, seriously. We’ve all seen films of three-toed ...

the electricity has been on for a few hours, you can buy ice cold drinks, which are a huge treat this close to the equator. the flooded forest. Frogs are everywhere in the flooded forest. We found ...

Michael Greaney gave a talk on sloth at London Zoo on 10 October at an event co-organised by the Zoo and the Wellcome Trust. Each year there’s an autumn weekend which is anticipated with particular ...

The lazy culprit behind our busyness. My family used to play "Where's Waldo?" with a three-toed sloth at the zoo; eventually we'd find him suspended like a hammock from a tree branch above us. I used ...