Its skin and fur create a habitat filled with fungi ... Predators that hunt by sight will likely pass right by a sloth without even knowing. But the algae and the fungi take it one step further.

Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain Zoo announced on Tuesday, December 31, that it welcomed a baby sloth. According to the ... it lifts its head out of her chest fur and slowly looks around, just ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...