Skip to main content

Cornell University

Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
for Wildlife Health

Blogs from the Field

A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

A sloth has it's mouth on a leaf, while being fed with a syringe.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Expanding Horizons International Education Program
Sloth
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Wildlife
The Sloth Institute
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Cornell
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Learning
Student Support Fund
Data
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
Brazilian Wildlife
Blood Test

Studying Sloths Through the Scope: A Summer of Conservation in Costa Rica

April 07, 2026
Thanks to Cornell’s Expanding Horizons program, I had the opportunity to complete a project at The Sloth Institute in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. TSI is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescue, rehabilitation, research, and public education, with a strong emphasis on sloth health, behavior, and overall well-being in both wild and rehabilitation settings....
A sloth with telemetry tag shown in a tree.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
The Sloth Institute
Sloth
Three-toed Sloth
Costa Rica
Costa Rica Wildlife
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Student
Student Experience
Student Learning

The Problem with Power Lines: Electrocution of Sloths in Costa Rica

November 21, 2023
Did you know that the second most common cause of injured sloths coming into rescue centers is electrocution? If not, you are in the majority. There is little to no literature about sloth electrocution in the academic world, even though it is such a pervasive problem.