International Sloth Day Oct 20, 2024

The world"s slowest mammal takes the spotlight today on International Sloth Day. Celebrated on October 20, this day invites us to learn more about their lives, including the threats they face, like shrinking habitat, and conservation efforts. There are six living sloth species, divided into two types: three-toed sloths and two-toed sloths.

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Today in History

Hangin around
Oct 20, 2023Pygmy three-toed sloth baby, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
Oct 20, 2025Hoffmanns two-toed sloth, Ecuador

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Aug 29, 2024Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
Jan 19, 2026Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Dec 27, 2024Lake Bled, Slovenia
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida, United States
Jan 25, 2026Burns Night in Scotland
Underwater underground
This blue succulent is as good as gold here
Nov 21, 2023Grey seal pup
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Jul 13, 2024Fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in Cappadocia, Türkiye
Jan 28, 2026Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
Sep 29, 2025Rainbow houses, Houten, Netherlands
Desert daggers?
Apr 13, 2025Songkran—Thai New Year
Jan 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
What are these predators doing?
Nov 27, 2025Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, England
Mar 19, 2024Tree frog on leaf
Apr 24, 2025Spire Cove in Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska, United States
Oct 15, 2025Amethyst laccaria mushrooms, Seabeck, Washington, United States
Sep 7, 2025Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława river, Poland
Sep 17, 2024Mid-Autumn Festival
Aug 19, 2024Raksha Bandhan
Mar 3, 2024World Wildlife Day
Jul 2, 2025Spine-cheeked anemonefish
Nov 7, 2023Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
Nov 25, 2023Toledo, Spain
‘Moravian Tuscany’
An ugly duckling no more