Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths
New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.
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Dinosaur With Two Massive, Sloth-Like Claws Is on ‘Another Level’ of Weird—Even Among Its Unusual Group of Relatives
Paleontologists discovered Duonychus tsogtbaatari from fossils uncovered in 2012. It was a giant, feathered creature adapted ...
No more ‘hanging around:’ Crews remove giant stuffed sloth from Bellingham tree
Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) removed a giant stuffed animal sloth from a tree along I-5 in Bellingham on Tuesday. The sloth was about 70 feet up, so crews had ...
Stuffed sloth taken down from perch overlooking I-5 near Bellingham
A giant stuffed animal dubbed "Slothy" had watched over northbound Interstate 5 in Bellingham for over a year.
This bizarre new dinosaur has something in common with modern sloths
Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...
WSDOT Crew Removes Viral Giant Sloth Stuffed Animal from I-5 Near Bellingham
A giant stuffed sloth, which has captured the hearts of Bellingham residents and social media users alike, has officially been removed from its lofty spot alongside the I-5 interstate. This quirky ...
Guests catch rare glimpse at sloth giving birth at the Como Zoo in St. Paul
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota announced that it welcomed a two-toed sloth on Wednesday, much to the surprise and delight of the guests who got to witness the rare moment ...
Como Park Zoo visitors witness birth of baby sloth
Mother Sago, 6, and father Ziggy, 3, are Hoffman’s two-toed sloths that arrived at Como Zoo, located in St. Paul, in spring ...
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A 'weird' dinosaur has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert. What do we know?
With two-fingered hands and long "nasty" claws, the Duonychus tsogtbaatari is certainly a strange sight. Fossils of this dinosaur were recently unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert while a water ...