It turned out, Fito was staring at the remains of a new species of ancient giant ground sloth. That was in 2009, and now new research has revealed that the giant ground sloth is likely closely ...

Last month, researchers from the Great Maya Aquifer Project announced the discovery of the world's largest underwater cave system in Yucatán after realizing that two massive cave systems in the ...

Their discoveries include remains of an ancient elephant-like species called gomphotheres, giant sloths and bears ... El Zacaton in the northwestern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on May 17, 2007.

While mummified versions of the ground sloths have been found in New Mexican desert caves, the Shasta Ground Sloth mostly inhabited “dry, open juniper woodlands, seasonal wetlands, and open ...

Park naturalist David Bustos says the series of tracks and adult and children’s footprints found at White Sands National Monument show someone followed a now-extinct giant ground sloth ...

While Latin America is home to the trafficking of all manner of species, several foundations are working to save arguably its slowest-moving victims: the sloths. The trafficking of these placid ...

Between about 10,000 and 15,000 thousand years ago, it was a very different place, with large animals like mammoths, giant ground sloths and humans leaving ghostly footprints etched in the crusty ...

It turned out, Fito was staring at the remains of a new species of ancient giant ground sloth. That was in 2009, and now new research has revealed that the giant ground sloth is likely closely ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — While conducting an environmental review for Loop 88 in Lubbock, Texas, TxDOT found what experts believe to be the tooth of a giant ground sloth. The Panhandle is home to ...

It turned out, Fito was staring at the remains of a new species of ancient giant ground sloth. That was in 2009, and now new research has revealed that the giant ground sloth is likely closely related ...