The giant ground sloth was given its scientific name Megalonyx jeffersonii by the US’s third president and founding father ...

Manatee County utility crews unearthed a piece of history, dating back thousands of years, while digging a trench for a ...

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

It is HOT, so getting to spend some time underwater and do some SCUBA Diving felt amazing! On top of that, we were looking for Ice Age fossils in a beautiful Florida River. It was an incredible ...

For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths through hunting, along with many other massive animals like mastodons ...

In the Hall of Dinosaurs in the National Museum of Natural History, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis) Gazin (1904-1995) of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology looking up at the bones of an Eremotherium, ...

The zoo’s newest addition was born June 19 to Linne’s two-toed sloth couple Charlotte and Elliot, their fifth baby at the zoo.

In the Hall of Dinosaurs in the National Museum of Natural History, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis) Gazin (1904-1995) of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology stands to the right of an Eremotherium ...

Pleistocene ground sloths constitute a remarkable and diverse group of xenarthran mammals that thrived across South America during a period of significant climatic and environmental flux.

A Linne’s two-toed sloth pup was born at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Thursday. (Photo Courtesy DZCA Animal Care Specialist Erik B.) ...

What an amazing experience!Man Reunites Baby Sloth with Mom and She Says 'Thank You' in the Sweetest Way Possible originally appeared on PetHelpful. We all love a story with a happy ending ...

Erosion may have erased some of this history forever, but beneath the sand, fossils of megafauna like mammoths and ground sloths were still preserved—alongside the controversial footprints.