Tree habitats are seen as a critical resource for sloths because they facilitate the ease of feeding and breeding. This is because trees provide an ecosystem where they can live without having to come down all the time. Not many animals can be considered to symbolize the rich network of rainforests and tropical environments as much as sloths. Distinguished by their careful, measured, and deliberate motions in all of nature’s realm, these astoundingly fit creatures live on the canopy of trees. ...

There is concern about the decline of the two-toed sloth population (Choloepus hoffmanni) in recent years. Because of the challenges these cute animals face in their native environments, the Jaguar Rescue Center has taken action to understand how they reproduce. Our goal is to learn more about sloths' reproductive biology so we may start breeding them successfully in captivity. This study was done with permits from the Ministry of Energy and Environment (MINAE) and the National Commission fo...