It’s pretty surprising to see a 27-year-old jump into her mother’s arms and insist on being held like a baby. At The Sloth Sanctuary outside of Cahuita, Costa Rica, though, such a sight is ordinary.

Yes, it’s that time of year again when we take a day to appreciate — perhaps worship — the hairy, slow-moving, adorable creatures that are Costa Rica’s virtual mascots. It’s International Sloth Day!

CAHUITA, Limón — There’s an area in the back of Costa Rica’s Sloth Sanctuary that most visitors do not see. More than 100 injured adult sloths are kept in rows of cages here. That might sound bad, but ...

A year in the life of five slow-moving residents of the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, a place dedicated to saving orphaned or injured sloths. Buttercup gets a new throne, a romance develops ...

It's pretty surprising to see a 27-year-old jump into her mother's arms and insist on being held like a baby. At the Sloth Sanctuary outside of Cahuita, Costa Rica, though, such a sight is ordinary.

Buttercup, a three-toed sloth hailing from Costa Rica, is pictured striking a sultry pose on American Apparel’s Earth Day page. “Buttercup has a surprise! Stay tuned,” reads the website. What. Could.

Zoo staff members have been monitoring the mother and baby in their enclosure to make sure the newborn is nursing. A zookeeper found the baby last month while cleaning at the sloth exhibit, the city ...

It’s pretty surprising to see a 27-year-old jump into her mother’s arms and insist on being held like a baby. At The Sloth Sanctuary outside of Cahuita, Costa Rica, though, such a sight is ordinary.

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