The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...

South American megafauna, from giant sloths to camel-like creatures, survived thousands of years longer than we thought, ...

Paleontology Collections Advisor Wayne Thompson recognized it as a fossil arm bone likely belonging to an ancient sloth, museum officials announced this week. Thompson called in fossil sloth ...

Megatherium americanum is the scientific name for an extinct species of giant ground sloth. The name means 'great beast from America'. Discovered in 1787 by Manuel Torres in Argentina, the first M.

For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths ... penny-sized sloth fossil. She notes that its surface is surprisingly ...

For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths ... penny-sized sloth fossil. She notes that its surface is surprisingly ...