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From Dinosaurs to Treetops: The Extraordinary Evolution of Sloths

Did you know that sloths used to be one of the most biodiverse groups of mammals to ever live in South America before the...

From Orphans to Wild: A Journey with Costa Rica’s Rescued Sloths

It was a leap of faith that led me to Costa Rica to work with sloths. Little did I know that six sweet and...

Sloths and Their Slow Bathroom Ritual: A Fascinating Look at Sloth Life

While adult sloths only go to the bathroom once every week or two, the orphaned baby sloths in our care must be taken out on a daily basis to try to get them to eliminate.

Costa Rica Wildlife: Saving sloths together

The first time I met Leslie Howle, the founder of Toucan Rescue Ranch, we were at a wildlife conference in San José five years...

Costa Rica’s Sloth Conservation: Overcoming adversity

We here at the Toucan Rescue Ranch receive many baby sloths for a variety of reasons. All of them are orphans who have either lost...

Rescue in Costa Rica: The Story of a Sloth Orphan Found on a Volcano

Last December, we received a call from MINAE informing us that they were bringing us an orphaned sloth. It had been found lying in...

High-tech backpacks in Costa Rica key to saving baby sloths

Long before a teary-eyed Kristen Bellprofessed her love for sloths on daytime television, catapulting the slow-moving creature into Internet superstardom, the sloth may have...

The Incredible Grip of Sloths: How Their Claws Keep Them Hanging On

With their long claws and strong muscles, sloths have a powerful grip. Their bodies are so conditioned to hanging from branches that dead sloths have been found still suspended from the branch they were climbing on.

The Slow Metabolism of Sloths: Nature’s Masters of Patience

Sloths aren't known for moving fast, but their metabolism is also pretty slow.

The Sloth’s Secret Superpower: Turning Their Heads 270 Degrees

Did you know that sloths can turn their heads almost all the way around?

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