A poignant photo of a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence in Costa Rica highlights the impact of habitat fragmentation on wildlife, as the species struggles to find trees to cross between due to human development. The image is part of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 competition, which showcases stunning and thought-provoking images of nature and animals worldwide.
The world's slowest animals include the three-toed sloth, sea anemone, dwarf seahorse, and Greenland shark, with sloths often considered the slowest due to their extremely low movement speeds and slow metabolism, which are adaptations for their survival strategy.
Rare footage captured in the Amazon rainforest shows a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth defending itself against an ocelot attack at a mineral lick. The video, taken by primate researchers in Ecuador, provides insight into the rarely seen behaviors of these elusive species. Sloths are typically known for their slow lifestyles, but this footage demonstrates their ability to defend themselves against predators. Camera traps are a valuable tool for studying the natural history of animals in their natural habitats.
A sloth named Gerard photobombed the European Space Agency's launch of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer in French Guiana. Despite only appearing for two seconds, the sloth stole the show and has since been named Gerard by the agency. The sloth was in no danger as it was far enough away from the launch site. The Juice spacecraft's task is to look closely at Jupiter's three icy moons, and the mission will end in 2035 via a gravity-assisted collision into the surface of Ganymede.
The European Space Agency's Juice mission, which aims to explore the secrets of the ocean worlds around Jupiter, was interrupted by an adorable sloth named Gérard who photobombed the rocket launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and has since become a star of the ESA's Juice telecast.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media. The ESA even agreed with the claims. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media. The ESA even agreed with the claims. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media, even according to the ESA. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media, even according to the ESA. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media, even according to the ESA. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media. The ESA even agreed with the claims. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency to Jupiter was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in a highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media. In other news, a bizarre spiral in space was captured during a dazzling display of the northern lights over Alaska, which was caused by an exhaust stream from a nearby SpaceX rocket launch.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media, even according to the ESA. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
A recent rocket launch by the European Space Agency was upstaged by a photogenic sloth that appeared in the highlight reel leading up to the launch in French Guiana. The sloth stole the show and became the real star of the event on social media, even according to the ESA. The sloth's appearance is a big moment for the slow-moving species, whose star turns are no longer limited to nature videos and Disney movies.
During the European Space Agency's (ESA) mission launch to Jupiter, a sloth made a brief onscreen appearance in a video report detailing the preparations for the launch of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE). Viewers took to social media to express their delight with the cameo, with the ESA even naming the sloth Gérard.
