A critically endangered pygmy three-toed sloth clutches a tree on the island of Escudo de Veragua, off the Caribbean coast of Panama.

She holds a B.A. in English from the University of San Diego. Pygmy sloths only live in Escudo de Veraguas Island in Panama, and as of the last official IUCN assessment in 2013, there are believed ...

Endemic to Panama’s Isla Escudo de Veraguas, the pygmy sloth—the world’s smallest sloth—is critically endangered, with as few as 79 left in the wild. On September 9, 2013, Dallas World Aquarium (DWA) ...

Classified as critically endangered and believed to have a rapidly declining population and habitat area, pygmy three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) are native exclusively to the island of Escudo de ...