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

New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors.

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky ...

An Ice Age giant was tumbling around North America during the Late Pleistocene. About the size of a bear, it was actually a ...

Apple TV today released a first-look clip from the new season of the award-winning natural history series Prehistoric Planet: ...

Mexican scientists have made important new discoveries after an airport construction project uncovered ancient Ice Age ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study.

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania zoo’s newest star, a one-month-old sloth, will soon make its debut to the public. The Elmwood Park Zoo, located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, today announced the birth of the ...

There is a new Beanie Baby in town and fans can see it in public for the first time on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The furry friend, currently known as “Beanie’s Baby,” was born on Aug. 26 at Elmwood Park Zoo ...