New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.

One such discovery is the colossal and astonishingly well-preserved fossil of the giant ground sloth found in North America. This article explores this fascinating find, delving into its ...

Some of the most tantalizing clues come from an archaeological site in central Brazil, called Santa Elina, where bones of ...

Sloths are known for being incredibly slow. In fact, they are the slowest mammals in the world. Although they can stand, they cannot walk. So, on the ground, they move by digging in with their ...

Four of these were species of ground sloth, three of which unknown to science.. Sloths are notable for their low energy levels and slow, deliberate movements (hence their name). They are part of a ...

Nearly 12,600 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene era, a group of humans hunted and killed a giant ground sloth in Argentina, then left the animal's bones behind, along with their butchering knife.

Sloths are identified by the number of long ... dragging their bellies across the ground. If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators, such as big cats, and must try ...

But there are times when even sloths must leave the comfort of their tree canopies and descend to the ground. Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week.

After a fruitful safari at Wilpattu National Park, wildlife photographer Rohan Fonseka and his colleagues ventured toward the ...