A Manatee County utilities crew was surprised to find a giant ground sloth fossil while digging a trench for a water line.

The giant ground sloth was given its scientific name Megalonyx jeffersonii by the US’s third president and founding father ...

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

Manatee County utility crews unearthed a piece of history, dating back thousands of years, while digging a trench for a ...

“This matches with the expansion of Homo sapiens, first over the entire American supercontinent, and later in the Caribbean,” he says — which is where some giant sloths lived.

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million years ago, eventually ranging as far north as Canada. While their modern relatives dwell in trees and top out at the size of some smaller dog ...

“This matches with the expansion of Homo sapiens, first over the entire American supercontinent, and later in the Caribbean,” he says — which is where some giant sloths lived.