My battle with a flesh-eating parasite called leishmaniasis
In my second year at the University of Manchester I studied parasitology, and the terrifying images of dramatic lesions and extreme elephantiasis are...
6 years agoBecky Cliffe is a British zoologist working at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica, where she's spearheading a one-of-a-kind 'Sloth Backpack' project to learn more about these strange, slow-moving (and poorly studied!) animals.
Check in with her for regular dispatches directly from the rainforests of Costa Rica on everything from new sloth-related discoveries to the day-to-day exploits of one of the world's only sloth researchers (and the occasional dose of baby sloth cuteness).
In my second year at the University of Manchester I studied parasitology, and the terrifying images of dramatic lesions and extreme elephantiasis are...
6 years agoWhat do you do all day? That's probably one of the most frequent questions I get asked, and the truth is, every day is different! The only consistent...
6 years agoSloths are known to spend a significant amount of time hanging vertically upside down, yet no one has ever discovered how they manage this. If we were...
6 years agoSloth researcher Becky Cliffe has been given the green light to carry out a crucial research project that could help us protect Panama's little-known...
5 years agoSloth researcher Becky Cliffe weighs in on a story that sent the internet into cuteness overdrive this week: the story of a five-month-old baby girl...
6 years agoAs I stared at this baby sloth, I was completely stumped. This baby looked too young to be alone, yet he was perfectly content sitting there on a...
6 years agoSloth researcher Becky Cliffe has just accomplished a major goal: she's successfully tagged a two-fingered sloth and fitted the animal with her...
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