It was a European zoologist, George Shaw, who named the sloth bear for its long, thick claws and unusual teeth. He thought that the bear was related to the tree sloth due to these features," the ...

After a fruitful safari at Wilpattu National Park, wildlife photographer Rohan Fonseka and his colleagues ventured toward the ...

rex and some modern sloths, this strange 90 million year old ... Unlike its therizinosaur brethren, the new species had only two claws instead of three. When Hokkaido University paleontologist ...

The zoologist who first named the species did think the bears were related to tree sloths because of their long, thick claws and unusual teeth but later research found that the two animals had no ...

The sloth bear has shaggy fur, a long muzzle, and long claws. It's native to the Indian subcontinent and is also known as the Indian bear ...

Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they have on each front foot. There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths. All sloths are built for life in the treetops.

Sloths are typically docile and are rarely a danger to people, but no one wants a piece of those claws. They may be slow, but sloths know how to defend themselves if they feel threatened.

Sloth bears — which are not actually related to ... The misnomer is attributed to their long, thick claws and unusual teeth. Thomas said some of the adaptations that allow them to eat insects ...