These petite and impossibly slow sloths have found that the ocean offers a safe and speedy way to get around. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart.

1. All sloths are excellent swimmers. They instinctively know how to swim once they hit the water. This ability makes a lot of sense, because the tropical environments where they live include various ...

They might look awkward doing it, but sloths are actually pretty good swimmers. They are often observed swimming with ease across rivers in their native Central and South America. If seen paddling ...

Sloths have gained in popularity in recent years but some misconceptions about them remain, such as their being ‘lazy,’ which is not true. Rather, it’s increasingly clear that sloths are quite active ...