The Sloth Blog
ZooMontana wants you to vote on a sloth name
The 15-month-old male two toed sloth that is slowly making his way to ZooMontana is getting closer to having a name.
ZooMontana wants you to vote on a sloth name
The 15-month-old male two toed sloth that is slowly making his way to ZooMontana is getting closer to having a name.
A sloth risks its life every time it poops. Wat...
Valentino is a baby Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth. At five months old, he weighs about as much as a cantaloupe (and only moves slightly more). Everything he does, little that that may...
A sloth risks its life every time it poops. Wat...
Valentino is a baby Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth. At five months old, he weighs about as much as a cantaloupe (and only moves slightly more). Everything he does, little that that may...
Slothy Sunday: Osa, a true ‘Oso Perezoso’
Looks can be deceiving, as those of us who work with sloths can tell you. This is especially true with Hoffman’s Two-Fingered sloths, the lesser-known of the two types of...
Slothy Sunday: Osa, a true ‘Oso Perezoso’
Looks can be deceiving, as those of us who work with sloths can tell you. This is especially true with Hoffman’s Two-Fingered sloths, the lesser-known of the two types of...
The faster, fiercer, and always surprising slot...
A doctoral student with the Max Planck Institute, Bryson Voirin studies sloths and other species at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Mongabay.com’s sixth in a series of interviews with ‘Young Scientists’.
The faster, fiercer, and always surprising slot...
A doctoral student with the Max Planck Institute, Bryson Voirin studies sloths and other species at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Mongabay.com’s sixth in a series of interviews with ‘Young Scientists’.
Why are sloths slow?
Sloths—the adorable and lethargic animals living in treetops—depend on the health and survival of Central and South American tropical forests. They spend much of their lives in the canopy, snoozing...
Why are sloths slow?
Sloths—the adorable and lethargic animals living in treetops—depend on the health and survival of Central and South American tropical forests. They spend much of their lives in the canopy, snoozing...
Sloth Robot Is a Very Cute Way to Boost Conserv...
The new high-tech tool could help save some of the world’s most endangered species.
Sloth Robot Is a Very Cute Way to Boost Conserv...
The new high-tech tool could help save some of the world’s most endangered species.