Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.

Long before today's tree-dwelling sloths became icons of leisure, their ancestors roamed the ground as colossal herbivores.

Sloths show that slow living sustains nature. Protecting them means preserving the balance of forests. Their story teaches patience and care.

SEATTLE — The Highline Heritage Museum is hosting its annual Sloth Festival on October 18, celebrating the region’s own giant ground sloth with family-friendly exhibits, hands-on activities, and a ...

More than a million years ago, the little-known snow sloths lived in the Ice Age... now they have been brought to life ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils of animals that were ...

The one-minute advert shows an animated holiday-themed scene where a Coca-Cola truck drives down a snow-filled, light-decked ...

A clay layer one-hundredth of an inch thick preserves the fleshy details of dinosaurs buried suddenly in east-central Wyoming ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

Big events include Phantasmagoria's Edward Gorey celebration at DeLand's Athens Theatre and a sloth party at Daytona's Museum ...