Project Updates Dr. Rebecca Cliffe • Founder and Executive Director Project Updates Dr. Rebecca Cliffe • Founder and Executive Director

Team Sloth Goes To Brazil to Meet Giant Armadillos

Sloths and giant armadillos belong to the superorder Xenarthra, and although they may seem like very different animals—one living high in the canopy and the other underground in burrows—they actually have many things in common, especially when it comes to conservation challenges.

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Sloth Research Cecilia Pamich • Communications & Outreach Sloth Research Cecilia Pamich • Communications & Outreach

First record of sloths using thermal drones

Drones are revolutionizing the way scientists collect data, especially in the study of biodiversity and conservation. The use of drones equipped with a range of sensors, including thermal cameras, can help identify species and track individual animals, making it easier to study and protect them.

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Sloth Research Amelia Symeou • Data Scientist | Urban Sloth Project Sloth Research Amelia Symeou • Data Scientist | Urban Sloth Project

How global warming and climate change will affect three-fingered sloths? 

Dr. Cliffe’s research from 2018 determining the metabolic rate of three-fingered sloths was utilized by a team of researchers based in Brazil, working to conserve sloths in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil. Dr. Cliffe’s data was modeled against climate change predictions, and data from different ecologists quantifying and predicting current and future land cover and land use in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests were also used.

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