Tourists in Costa Rica recently witnessed a magical and elusive event—the birth of a three-toed sloth. Steven Vela, a guide with the company Canoa Aventura, spotted the brown-throated sloth (Bradypus ...
Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating on ...
Photo via Toucan Rescue Ranch. Today’s edition honors the Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, which, like a leap day, is often forgotten.Costa Rica is home to two sloth species: the brown-throated three-toed ...