Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species.

Huge tunnels under southern Brazil and northern Argentina were potentially made by giant, Ice Age sloths for refuge and rest ...

The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant shuffled across the woodlands of the ancient Americas between 60,000 and five ...

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UNION, Ky. – Big Bone Lick State Historic Site's stature as the birthplace of paleontology in the Western Hemisphere rose by about 8 feet. The skeletal reconstruction of a 2,000-pound Harlan's Ground ...

Among the glistening dunes of New Mexico's White Sands National Monument, scientists have been taken aback by the discovery of footprints. The footprints belong to the extinct giant ground sloth, ...

Three people known for their work with sloths, fishing cats and giant armadillos were announced this week as winners of the 2022 Future for Nature Award. Tiasa Adhya of India, Gabriel Massocato from ...

While in India, the Kratts discover a sloth bear. But which is it - a bear or a sloth? While in India, the Wild Kratts try to figure out if a sloth bear is a bear or a sloth? They soon discover some ...