Several mammal species other than ruminants and camels have a multi-chambered forestomach – kangaroos, hippos, colobus monkeys, peccaries, sloths – but they do not ruminate. As studies on the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Everybody loves sloths, and whenever we talk ...

For years scientists assumed that sloths don't fart — believing the methane produced by their slow digestive system was simply absorbed into their bloodstreams and breathed out through their mouths.

WORLD. SHELDO I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET AN ANIMAL FROM THE RAINFOREST OVER AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. HERE IS LINA THE SLOTH. WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY LIN THE SLOTH. WHAT TYPE OF SLOTH IS SHE? >> ...

They just like to take it all in. When it comes to physical activity, few animals have as maligned a reputation as the sloth. The six sloth species, which call Brazil and Panama home, move with no ...