International Sloth Day 20 Oct 2026

Slow and steady wins the race—and the brown-throated sloth seems perfectly happy to skip the race altogether. On International Sloth Day, this three-toed mammal offers a different lesson in getting by: conserve energy, hang on and take your time.

© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Hangin around
20 Oct 2023International Sloth Day
20 Oct 2024International Sloth Day
20 Oct 2025International Sloth Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

17 Apr 2026International Bat Appreciation Day
Check out The Magic City of Miami
3 Dec 2025Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA
Whats so funny?
International Mountain Day
16 Jun 2024Happy Fathers Day!
2 Nov 2023Death Valley National Park, California, USA
History awaits atop the hill
Fragrant fields
27 May 2025Mona Vale rockpool, Sydney, Australia
Owl be seeing you
2 Aug 2024Virgin Islands National Park, USA
25 Jan 2025Celebrating Robert Burns OR Burns Night
16 Oct 2023Golden larches and Prusik Peak, Enchantments, Washington, USA
12 Apr 2025International Day of Human Space Flight
Celebrating our looming lunar neighbour
23 May 2026World Turtle Day
24 May 2026European Day of Parks
4 Apr 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
22 May 2026International Day for Biological Diversity
A show of prehistoric hands
6 Oct 2023Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
11 Aug 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
This ‘snow’ never melts
8 Nov 2023Llyn Padarn, Snowdonia, Wales
16 Dec 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
10 May 2024Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
17 Mar 2026Happy St Patricks Day!
18 Dec 2024English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
The other great barrier reef