Scientists set out to measure the energetics of wild two- and three-toed sloths at a field site in in northeastern Costa Rica. The purpose of the study was to help explain why arboreal folivores are ...
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This animal is simply trying to survive, and we still struggle to understand it
From lab electrodes to canopy bridges, sloth science shows how patience, data and habitat design turn mystery into daily survival.
Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.
Shelby A. Ryan receives a Vice-Chancellor’s PhD Training Priority Scheme Scholarship from the University of Newcastle. Her PhD project receives funding from WWF-Australia and Taronga Conservation ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — You have an extra excuse to be a little lazy Sunday because it’s International Sloth Day! The slow-moving sloths are known to sleep between 15 and 20 hours a day. Even when the ...
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