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 ...

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 ...

Rescuers in Venezuela recently saved a sloth trapped on electrical lines, a scene that played out on social media and drew attention to a wider problem plaguing wildlife in the region. The animal, ...

Occurred on August 6, 2024 / San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela Info from Licensor: "The sloths rescue team use each resource that they have to try to save a sloths, they even stopped a garbage truck ...

“Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert” is making its way to IU Auditorium on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now, starting at $20, and can be bought online on the IU Auditorium website or in ...

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 ...

THE JUNGLE — We've all seen videos of search and rescue crews hoisting injured hikers out of canyons on ropes dangling from a helicopter, or of soldiers being whisked to safety on winch lines. But if ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Roger Williams Park Zoo is celebrating the birth of another Linne’s two-toed sloth. In a social media post over the weekend, the zoo announced that the sloth was born to ...

PITTSBURGH — The National Aviary held a special celebration on Monday morning. The aviary’s Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloth, Valentino, was born on Halloween. But since the facility is closed on that day, ...

Jazmon Tupou-Witchman was torn between continuing to represent her mother’s Cook Islands heritage or joining the new look Tonga side but she chose to stay with the Moana and is now “etched in history” ...

Papua New Guinea have set their sights on Pacific Bowl glory after holding off a valiant Cook Islands in Port Moresby. The Kumuls ran in seven tries to five in a 40-28 victory to open their Pacific ...