For years scientists assumed that sloths don't fart — believing the methane produced by their slow digestive system was simply absorbed into their bloodstreams and breathed out through their mouths.

The newest sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is not so new at all—originally born at the Zoo, his debut on Asia Trail marks his homecoming after seven years. Francois, a ...

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