Just be patient, it’s their defining feature, after all. If Costa Rica is the sloth capital, Brazil is the sloth empire. Home to five of the six known sloth species, this vast nation is practically a ...

via Wikimedia Commons The Giant Ground Sloth, a name conjuring images of a prehistoric behemoth lumbering across ancient landscapes, belongs to a group of extinct mammals from the superorder Xenarthra ...

via Wikimedia Commons The Giant Ground Sloth, a name conjuring images of a prehistoric behemoth lumbering across ancient landscapes, belongs to a group of extinct mammals from the superorder Xenarthra ...

When on the ground, they’re even slower and crawl about one foot per minute ... The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and sloths involves another species living on the sloth as well. The ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

says his biggest regret is that he was unable to shepherd the long-delayed upgraded ground system for the GPS satellite constellation. In an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense on Monday ...

Specimens have large eyes and claws, as well as smooth bodies. The species comes in two color forms: Blue form crayfish are a dark hue with orange joints and tails, while purple form crayfish are ...

Scientists doing a routine analysis of confiscated wildlife in India started noticing a pattern in their data — and soon discovered a “cryptic” new species, already among “the most heavily ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has ...

The first State of the World’s Migratory Species report found that countries aren’t doing enough to save threatened species. Wells, streams and springs are in danger of going dry as we take water out ...

But what if you want to join in with the trend while standing out? Consider this: A baby robot sloth I got to see and which I've now clipped to my bag to add flair and reduce stress throughout CES ...