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For four million years, Peru’s ocean shores hosted several species of large aquatic sloths. Now, fossils tell the story of critters that gradually became more aquatic – in essence, reversing ...
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Thanks to their dense bones, sea cows and other aquatic herbivores were able to graze effortlessly on the bottom of the ocean. The tree-dwelling sloth friends, on the other hand, is not known for ...
Fossil find: Giant ground sloth unearthed at Sea-Tac Airport 56 years ago . Originally published February 14, 2017 at 10:59 am Updated February 14, 2017 at 11:30 am ...
May 30, 12:31 p.m. I went back to the Burke Museum over the weekend so my kids could also see Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway (see earlier post.) The family outing allowed me to explore and sketch ...
The sloth remains included a 27,000-year-old tooth, arm bone, ... sea levels were low, and much of the world — including present-day Belize — was dry, inhospitable, and cold.
No more sloths at SeaQuest. Clark County Animal Control is taking swift action after two of the slow-moving mammals died at the local attraction within a nine-month period.
Artifacts made of bony material from a giant sloth were discovered at a rock shelter in Brazil. Research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now-extinct giant sloths. (Thais ...
In another terrarium, Sash, a two-toed sloth, demonstrates a placid agility, grasping a wooden beam while reaching down to nibble greens from a plate. Maybe Sash should just go and get the plate.
The bones of a giant ground sloth are giving a better picture of Iowa in the Ice Age. University of Iowa researchers have pieced together the bones of three ancient giant ground sloths found in ...
A photo-bombing sloth interrupted the livestream of a rocket launch to Jupiter from French Guiana and stole the hearts of viewers. The fuzzy creature sat in tall grass at eye level with the camera.