Counting Trees and Tracking Sloths | Tracking Diaries #17 Trees, more trees. Ten, a hundred, a thousand, more?! The beginning of the Great Sloth Census (a different research project SloCo is conducting to study the population of sloths) is definitely not easy. After the failure at the “Geckoes Lodge” property due to a forest that […]
A happy accident | Tracking Diaries #16 It all started with a happy accident. While strolling back from the beach one afternoon, I noticed a bunch of people standing by the side of the road, their necks craned upwards towards a tree that they were staring at intently. “Normal people don’t stare at trees […]
Tales from Our Volunteers | Tracking Diaries #15 “July was my first serious month of volunteering, as I was still learning in June. I enjoyed feeling more confident in my sloth-tracking abilities and becoming more familiar with the area. This was also the first month I did home ranges, I found them more challenging, but […]
A little bit of Faith | Tracking Diaries #14 Hello! I’m Faith, a student from the UK, currently doing a 12-month research placement with the Sloth Conservation Foundation working towards my degree in Zoology. Believe it or not I came across SloCo while online shopping. I was looking at a sustainable clothing brand that […]
The best job I have ever had | Tracking Diaries #13 I have been working as a researcher for SloCo for only 7 months. The time has passed extremely fast, and still, I have learned incredible things that can only be taught in the field, working with people face to face and always improving my […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Monkeys | Tracking Diaries #12 “Ow! Ow, ow ow owwwwch!” I crouch down and hold my head in my hands, my skull still ringing with the impact. I feel as though I’ve been clonked with a falling coconut, or perhaps a rogue meteorite, though on some level I know […]
Watch out! | Tracking Diaries #11 The sea breeze is a welcome relief as we crest the final switchback and come out on top of the cliff. I take off my hat and let the wind run through my hair. It’s too hot to dry us out much, but the view from up here […]
Things that look like sloths “Oh look, barbed wire,” Becky says as she picks her way around the rusty tangle in front of her. “It’s my favorite.” “Are you sure?” I ask. “We have a busted sewer pipe over here.” “That’s my special favorite,” Becky assures me. Deyber is eyeing a swarm of bees, Fran […]
Courage: Tracking Diaries #9 I stare at the spider hanging in front of my face. It is huge, blue and black and yellow, hanging from a golden web longer than my bicycle and better constructed than my house. It stares back at me. The problem with getting into a staring contest with a spider is […]
A Little Taste of Heaven: Tracking Diaries #8 I’m standing amongst the wreckage of felled trees and bulldozed undergrowth, my boots crunching on dead vegetation, but I’m not looking down. I’m looking up. I’ve heard from Sarah that Luna has a new baby, just days old, and I haven’t seen her yet. I haven’t seen […]
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