Category: Paleo sloths
Human-Caused Wildfires Spell Doom for Giant Sloths in California
Human-Caused Wildfires Spell Doom for Giant Sloths in California In a recently published investigation called "Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at...
First Fossils of an Aquatic Sloth Found in Continental Environment in Argentina
First Fossils of an Aquatic Sloth Found in Continental Environment in Argentina Researchers have discovered the remains of a specimen...
Resurrecting giant ground sloths with Augmented Reality
Resurrecting giant ground sloths with Augmented Reality For a chance to picture what the prehistoric Shasta ground sloth may have...
Prehistoric Rock Art Might be Early Representations of Giant Ground Sloths
Prehistoric Rock Art Might be Early Representations of Giant Ground Sloths In the Amazon rainforests in the country of Colombia,...
Mylodon Giant Sloth, opportunistic omnivore?
Mylodon Giant Sloth, Opportunistic Omnivore? Sloths these days are small, tree-dwelling animals that live high up in the rainforest canopy...
Did humans cause the extinction of the giant ground sloths?
Did humans cause the extinction of the giant ground sloths? "We believe that human beings are mainly responsible for the...
The hidden “armor” found in the skin of a giant ground sloth
The hidden "armor" found in the skin of a giant ground sloth Argentinian scientists used X-rays on a 13,000-year-old sloth...
Being a giant sloth in an ancient wetland
Being a giant sloth in an ancient wetland Thirteen million years ago, when giant ground sloths roamed the Earth, a...
The ‘mummified’ skin of a giant sloth proves that they coexisted with the first humans of South America
The 'mummified' skin of a giant sloth proves that they coexisted with the first humans of South America Although it...
Love avocados? Thank the Giant ground sloths!
Love avocados? Thank the giant ground sloths! Did you know that we can thank giant ground sloths for the avocados...
