Footage of one of STRI's Bocas del Toro Research Station's resident sloths climbing the trees at the Station. The star of this video is a female Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Video by: J.P.

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WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal responds to a 2013 petition filed after officials ...

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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 ...