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Vania Tejeda on ropes, scaling a tree in the Amazon rainforst to inspect a camera trap and canopy bridge

How canopy bridges help wildlife deep inside the Amazon

These bridges help the Amazon’s tree-living species, such as porcupines, sloths, and monkeys, whose territories have become fragmented by human infrastructure.

  • Moving fast to photograph a slow sloth

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Sloths are slow-moving creatures that spend their lives in tree canopies, munching on leaves and napping. When you spot one, you have time to think. Still, getting this shot had its challenges.
    Sloth

  • Wild animals sporting green

    This St. Patrick’s Day, we’re taking a look at wild animals sporting green.

    Mulu frog at night

  • Protecting the Amazon for life

    May 21, 2014

    A model for conservation, the Amazon Region Protected Areas ensures 150 million acres—three times the size of all US parks combined—of the Amazon are protected for life.

    Amazon

  • Why are sloths slow? And six other sloth facts

    Sloths—the adorable and lethargic animals living in treetops—depend on the health and survival of Central and South American tropical forests. Take a look at some common questions about sloths.

    sloth in tree