Sloths are too slow to adapt to climate change – new study

Highland sloths are not able to slow their metabolic rate like lowland sloths when temperatures get too hot.

Heather Ewart, Postdoctoral Researcher, Evolutionary Biology, University of Manchester • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 • ~8 min

Slow-moving sloths will struggle to adapt quickly to climate change – new study

Highland sloths are not able to slow their metabolic rate like lowland sloths when temperatures get too hot.

Heather Ewart, Postdoctoral Researcher, Evolutionary Biology, University of Manchester • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 • ~8 min

What is the slowest thing on Earth?

Physicists can use bright, hot lasers to slow atoms down so much that they measure -459 degrees Fahrenheit.

Katie McCormick, Postdoctoral Scholar of Physics, University of Washington • conversation
June 22, 2020 • ~6 min

Sloth robot is a very cute way to boost conservation

Inspired by the slow and steady sloth, SlothBot hangs on a wire between trees to monitor the environment below and enhance conservation efforts.

John Toon-Georgia Tech • futurity
June 18, 2020 • ~8 min

Two-toed sloths belong to an ‘extinct’ family

Extracting proteins from fossils reveals surprises in sloths' family tree.

Louise Lerner-Chicago • futurity
June 11, 2019 • ~6 min

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