While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

The extinct giant ground sloths were some of the only ... and fungi to grow which makes them appear green. Some species of fungi living in sloth fur have been found to be active against certain ...

The organisms that take shelter in a sloth’s fur also offer the sloth some amazing benefits. Green algae, which grows on their fur and is fertilized by insects, gives the sloth unbeatable ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

Sloth fur has its very own ecosystem. Because they live in the rainforest, it's often wet, which creates the perfect environment for algae to grow and provide sloths with green camouflage.