The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica is shining a light on the education and conservation of these fascinating animals!

Though they couldn't be clumsier on land, sloths are surprisingly good swimmers. They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.

The adorable video pans up from the sloth's feet all the way up to its little arms, which are still holding on to the leaf it was eating. Juno practically had the leaf at her mouth, but we guess ...

Sloths are known for how slowly they move, but their slow speed isn't just a funny quality they have— it's part of why their species has survived for 64 million years. Following is the text of ...

The extinct giant ground sloths were some of the only mammals that had digestive systems large enough to process the huge avocado seeds whole. They feasted on the fruit and then dispersed the ...

Though they couldn't be clumsier on land, sloths are surprisingly good swimmers. They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.

Though they look a little bit like monkeys with their long arms and shaggy fur, sloths are not primates. They’re actually more closely related to armadillos and anteaters. Sloths move incredibly ...

“They’re folivores — they’re basically a giant gut with a cute face and some arms and legs. And as we mentioned before, the word ‘sloth’ certainly carries negative connotations.