Happy Sunday from The Tico Times and Toucan Rescue Ranch! The sloth in the featured photo, nicknamed Anise, was found as a six-month old by a river…
Meet Amalur. Amalur is an orphaned two-fingered sloth (Choloepus Hoffmanni) in Toucan Rescue Ranch's care. She is one of our youngest orphaned sloths at the moment. Found…
While we here at The Tico Times usually publish sloth photos on Sundays, today we're celebrating a day early. Janet Sandi, Animal Care Coordinator at Toucan Rescue…
Last week, we introduced you to Lola, a sloth that traveled more than an hour under the hood of a truck. If you didn't see the story,…
[caption id="attachment_136567" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Photo via Toucan Rescue Ranch.[/caption] Everyone meet Lola la Trailera. She is an adult two-fingered sloth that hitched a ride with a truck…
Happy Slothy Sunday from all of us at The Tico Times and Toucan Rescue Ranch! Unlike most animals, sloths are built to hang upside-down. They have a…
Sloths are split into two family groups: two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths. Here in Costa Rica, we have two species, one from each family group: the Hoffman’s…
Looks can be deceiving, as those of us who work with sloths can tell you. This is especially true with Hoffman's Two-Fingered sloths, the lesser-known of the…
Sometimes, trouble finds itself in the heights of the Costa Rican canopy. Picture yourself slowly moving upside down through your forest environment when all of a sudden…
Sometimes the front pages of newspapers don't reflect the goodness that exists in the world. That's why each Sunday, we like to take a step back and…
