This annual contest celebrates photographers who will do almost anything—even slather themselves in petroleum jelly—to ...

A striking photograph reveals the consequences of human activity on wildlife: this sloth desperately seeks refuge after ...

On land, the slowest-moving animal would likely be the banana slug, which moves at the extremely leisurely pace of 0.006 miles (0.0096 km) per hour, according to Jon Ablett, senior curator of molluscs ...

French photographer Emmanuel Tardy's image of a sloth clinging to a post in Costa Rica is one of the images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

Sloths are becoming popular for something far more dangerous than their resting image. The sloth has become a host for the ...

Who takes the crown for the slowest mover on Earth — sloth, turtle or slug? Scientists have finally settled the debate, and the surprising answer might slow you down too.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - When visiting Zoo Knoxville, you may come across Joe the Sloth right above your head. Joe is considered a free-range animal.

In the rainforest, much of life dwells in the tree canopy. But getting up there to study it isn’t easy. By the time a human ...

Pawpaw is sometimes spelled as two words, as in the folksong, “Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch,” which Ellis remembers ...

The prestigious competition is now in its 61st year and is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.

The museum tapped artists — including Chicago rock screenprinter Jay Ryan — to visualize a 15-million-year period in time ...

Scientists are using new tools and technologies like artificial intelligence to look for new medicines in plants and other ...