This is the amusing moment a sloth hung upside down while drinking water. A tourist spotted the tree-dweller suspended from a ...

But there are times when even sloths must leave the comfort of their tree canopies and descend to the ground. Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week.

Specialised tendons in the sloth’s hands and feet lock into place, allowing them to hang upside down for long periods of time without wasting any energy. This unique locking mechanism is also ...

The tiny Linne's two-toed sloth "came into the world upside down" just over two weeks ago on 29 March. Mother, eight-year-old Trixie, gave birth to the infant in an enclosure she shares with ...

A sloth named Juno hung upside down as she munched on some corn on the cob at Cincinnati Zoo this month. The zoo in Ohio told Storyful a keeper filmed the video on Tuesday, January 14. “Juno the sloth ...

Slow and steady is a way of life for the sloth. These gentle creatures move ever so slowly and carefully throughout the rainforests of Central and South America. Leisurely by nature, the sloth’s ...

In fact, sloths sleep, mate, and even give birth all while hanging upside down on a branch. And, as you might expect, that requires some pretty extreme adaptations. Cliffe: They've got special ...

We explore how the sloth loves to curl up asleep, then wake up and hang upside down in the trees. We also explore how the sloth reaches up into the trees to eat fruit. Down below, on the forest ...

As sloths spend virtually their entire time living upside down in trees, the new display area features a series of interconnected ropes and branches. Longleat Safari Park Two-toed sloths are ...

The sloth has been learning to traverse in its mom, Aysan's stomach. While Aysan hangs upside down, the zoo says the baby will sprawl on her stomach with its four long limbs wrapped around her.