Sloths may be slow, but their survival skills are anything but lazy. In this video, we uncover the surprising strategies that help sloths avoid predators in the wild. From incredible camouflage and ...

Sloths appear defenseless, slow, and vulnerable in ecosystems filled with predators. Yet despite these disadvantages, they ...

A new documentary explores how slowness can be a superpower, helping animals camouflage, evade predators, maintain a low ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

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 ...