Sloth in prison -- The Great Basin now and then -- A zoologically impoverished world -- Dating an ass -- A stable of ground sloths -- Extinct mammals, dangerous plants, and the early peoples of the ...
Most people are familiar with modern sloths — slow-moving, tree-dwelling mammals that digest food slowly and descend only occasionally. Their closest living relatives are anteaters and armadillos, a ...
Each year 500,000 people visit New Mexico's White Sands National Monument to hike and frolic among gypsum dunes. Aside from the tourists, few animals in the region get much larger than a coyote or ...
Pleistocene ground sloths constitute a remarkable and diverse group of xenarthran mammals that thrived across South America during a period of significant climatic and environmental flux. Their fossil ...