“It came out of nowhere,” said Gerald Richardson when asked how Buttercup the sloth has become a celebrity supermodel. For more than three years Richardson has worked as a kind of volunteer consultant ...

American Apparel has become synonymous with overtly sexual advertisements, but that might be changing soon. Following Dov Charney's removal from the company, the brand is attempting to re-brand it's ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.