From the forest to the beach, here's where to spot these lovable, slow-moving creatures. Costa Rica is home to two types of sloths — the Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth and the brown-throated sloth. And ...

For more than a decade, animal rescue centers in Central America have reported receiving a strangely high number of baby sloths with genetic mutations. Dr. Rebecca Cliffe was working on her Ph.D. near ...

LA FORTUNA, Costa Rica -- A child zooming down a zipline through a rainforest in Costa Rica collided with a slow-moving sloth clinging to the cable. It happened Sunday at the Go Adventure Arenal Park ...

The lack of public awareness regarding the specific needs of sloths and how to protect them, as well as uncontrolled and unplanned urban expansion that destroys their natural habitat, are some of the ...

Sloths in Costa Rica have shown to have bacteria in their fur that produce antibiotics that keep pathogens that can make the animal sick at bay. Could this finding have an application in humans? That ...

Costa Rica is seriously an incredible bucket list destination. It has mountains, beaches, rainforests, high adrenaline activities, cloud forests, sloths, adventuring, lots of wildlife, delicous food, ...

A baby sloth was reunited with his mom in Costa Rica. Screengrab from @Jaguarrescuecenter on TikTok A rescue center was able to reunite a baby sloth with his mama after he was found alone crying in ...

Last year, the Costa Rica Tourism Board and its agency 22squared launched the "Save the Americans" campaign to convey the message that Americans in Canada and the U.S. are overworked and ...

The fur of Costa Rican sloths appears to harbor antibiotic-producing bacteria that scientists hope may hold a solution to the growing problem of "superbugs" resistant to humanity's dwindling arsenal ...