Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths Looking for a truly remote, off-the-grid adventure? Try Panama. Looking for a truly remote ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating ...

“With so few pygmy sloths left in the wild, it’s crucial they’re granted every protection under the law as soon as possible.” First identified as a distinct sloth species in 2001, pygmy three-toed ...

FLICKR, BILLTACULAR The three-toed sloth exhibits some pretty strange defecation behavior: once a week, the slow-moving mammals descend from the safety of their treetop perches to poop. But why these ...

“With so few pygmy sloths left in the wild, it’s crucial they’re granted every protection under the law as soon as possible.” First identified as a distinct sloth species in 2001, pygmy three-toed ...

Washington, DC —The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act in response to a 2013 emergency petition filed by the Animal ...

Like wet blankets wadded into junctions between tree branches, three-toed sloths dot tropical treetops in central America and are of keen interest to the scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Linnaeus's two-toed sloths and shares some sloth basics, but here are three lesser-known sloth facts. 1. The Smithsonian has a collection of fossilized sloth poop What do you keep in your drawers? If ...