The rib bone of an extinct giant sloth discovered in January at the future Dollar Tree site in Rogersville is now a part of ...

Archeologists in Mexico have found fossils of extinct animals in a cenote in Umán, Yucatán, including those of a giant sloth ...

The extinct giant ground sloths were some of the only mammals that had digestive systems large enough to process the huge avocado seeds whole. They feasted on the fruit and then dispersed the ...

Indeed, after observing the relationship between extinct giant sloths and living species, Darwin developed his “law of ...

The maned three-toed sloth is vulnerable, while the pygmy three-toed sloth is critically endangered and the sloth species at greatest risk of extinction. Sloths are primarily folivores, feeding mostly ...

Sloths, the famously slow-moving yet adorable creatures native to Central and South America, could face extinction by the end of the century due to climate change. Researchers investigating how ...

Sloths are notable for their low energy levels and slow, deliberate movements (hence their name). They are part of a larger group known as the Xenarthra, which includes their distant relatives the ...

During the Ice Age, some mammals were particularly large. The giant sloth had adapted very well to the climatic conditions. The reason for its extinction was unclear for a long time - until ...

Molecular dating has shown that several extinct creatures, such as giant sloths and mammoths, survived in South America much later than previously thought, raising questions about the root causes ...