Sloths are some pretty interesting animals. Beyond their reputation for being slow, a host of different traits reveals a lot ...

Footage of one of STRI's Bocas del Toro Research Station's resident sloths climbing the trees at the Station. The star of this video is a female Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Video by: J.P.

Wrong. Sloth bears have a nasty habit of going on an explosive attack if they’re startled and using their sharp claws to rake down the front of their victims, ripping off their faces and gouging out ...

Montgomery, G. Gene and Sunquist, M. E. 1972. "Resting respiration rates of free-living three-toed sloths." Mammalia, 36, (3) 530–532.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Everybody loves sloths, and whenever we talk ...