Thaís Pansani examines the marks humans left on megafauna bones to determine when people arrived in South America and how ...

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 ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal ... 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 to defend ...

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 ...

The "amazing discovery" of a sloth's hip bone and a fragment of a bison's radius bone was made about 16ft (5m) below ground in Park Mesa Heights. Scientists say the Harlan's Ground Sloth could ...

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.

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.

Don't worry, this creature isn't a sloth. It's a sloth ancestor — an elephant-sized ground sloth belonging to a genus called Megatherium americanum. The last of these creatures died out some ...

If you want to foster your child’s independent learning and play, Montessori-inspired toys can help them confidently engage with the world on their own. Sami Krasny, a play-based education ...

Prepare for so many big purrs and chirps of delight when these products arrive (and not just because of the new shipping box ...