They’re slow, they’re sleepy, and they’ve taken over the internet—but sloths are more than just cute animals hanging from ...

The Megatherium roamed South America for 5.3 million years before it went extinct — though some Indigenous people claim to ...

Imagine spending your day suspended upside down in a leafy canopy, moving so slowly that even the wind seems fast. For sloths ...

6. It takes sloths 30 days to digest a leaf The two-fingered sloth's oversized stomach is supported by 46 ribs. Sloths have the lowest metabolic rate of any mammal, which means that it takes them ...

Sloths are primarily folivores, feeding mostly on leaves, fruits and sap of various trees. They have a large and efficient multi-chambered stomach that helps with digesting tough, fibrous leaves. The ...