Costa Rica wildlife

The exhilarating tasks, the eternal glory, the best sporting event of 2020. We’re talking about the Sloth Ironman Games, of course, and they have...

One of the most spectacular wildlife displays on the planet is happening in the skies over Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast right now: fall raptor migration and the formation of a "river of raptors." And thanks to a geographic bottleneck, one of the best places in the world to witness it is the Kèköldi indigenous territory on Costa Rica's southern Caribbean coast.

International Sloth Day is upon us, and with it comes the biggest sporting event of 2020: The Sloth Ironman Games!

To borrow a line from Ferris Bueller: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss...

This Sloth Sunday is dedicated to the released two-fingered sloth moms that have been prospering since being in Toucan Rescue Ranch’s care. To start our...

When we think of sloths, the first thing that comes to mind is often their slow, deliberate movement through the treetops of the tropical...

The sloth isn't an official national symbol of Costa Rica, but given how much they're adored by Ticos and visitors alike, they instill plenty of national pride.

In life, we say many goodbyes. While some are sad, others denote new beginnings and future opportunities. Such were the goodbyes that I said...

Happy Slothy Sunday from The Tico Times and Toucan Rescue Ranch! 

Amalur is an orphaned two-fingered sloth (Choloepus Hoffmanni) in Toucan Rescue Ranch's care in Costa Rica.