Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly featured on children's backpacks, stationery and lunch boxes—are slow-moving ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...

Forget grizzlies and polar bears, the deadliest bear on Earth is smaller, faster, and far more unpredictable. This film dives deep into the world of the sloth bear, revealing how habitat loss, human ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...

A rare albino deer was spotted in the East Bay recently. The male albino black-tail fawn was likely born earlier this year around the end of May, according to a spokesperson for East Bay parks. The ...

A much-loved sloth at Jersey Zoo has died suddenly, keepers said. They said a post-mortem examination on Terry, a female Linne's two-toed sloth, found she had a piece of food lodged in her airway but ...

The sloth may seem lazy, but its ancestors were anything but. In this video, evolutionary trade-offs reveal how energy efficiency replaced strength, transforming a once-powerful creature into one of ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...