Sam Trull

We are so excited to announce our new Citizen Sloth Scientist program! Manuel Antonio is the most visited national park in Costa Rica. The natural beauty of the rainforest meeting the ocean is irresistible and of course the wildlife is incredible! Especially the sloths (we aren’t biased at all)! But

by Sam Trull, Co-Founder and Sloth Director of The Sloth Institute Abusing sloths for selfie tourism is one of the conservation issues that The Sloth Institute (TSI) is very passionate about correcting, but it is one that we often thought would never happen in our “backyard”. Most of the online

By Sam Trull, Wildlife/Sloth Director The Sloth Institute Costa Rica Protecting wild animals and wild spaces is a battle. In some corners of the world it is an actual war zone, and I cannot adequately express how much I respect and admire everyone on the front lines of those conflicts. But even

By Sam Trull, Sloth Director/Co-Founder The Sloth Institute Costa Rica Recently there has been a proliferation of wildlife selfies being posted on social media sites, with Instagram alone reporting an increase of 300%. And thankfully, there has been a huge response from the global community on the harm these selfies impose

By Sam Trull, Co-Founder and Sloth Director at The Sloth Institute Costa Rica Definition of Freedom—”the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” One of the main tenants—of The Sloth Institute is to improve the welfare of sloths. Providing proper enrichment and

By Sam Trull, Sloth Director and Co-Founder of The Sloth Institute After living in Costa Rica and working for The Sloth Institute for over a year and a half now there is nowhere else I would like to be. Even after living in a tent, braving the weather, the long

By Sam Trull, Sloth Director and Co-Founder of The Sloth Institute Whenever one year ends and another one begins we tend to reflect upon the past year’s achievements and make goals for the future. However, rather than go through a laundry list of our triumphs and failures from 2016, I

By Sam Trull, Co-Founder/Sloth Director at The Sloth Institute Costa Rica It’s that time of the year when we experience the height of tourist season who come from all over the world visit Costa Rica for it’s amazing scenery (beaches, volcanoes, cloud forests) and for it’s amazing wildlife. The variety

By Sam Trull A question I get asked often is “Are sloths endangered?”. While the sloths of Costa Rica may not be categorized as endangered but they are still very much IN danger. Every day critical habitat is destroyed and sloths are injured by human encroachment. They can’t run across

By Sam Trull, Co-Founder/Sloth Director; The Sloth Institute Costa Rica (TSI) When I was an elementary school child, I used to plant acorns. One by one I would dig out little tiny holes in the ground, drop in the acorn, cover them up and keep them watered. I would check