Health experts are warning about a tropical disease spread by midges and mosquitoes, recently detected in US travelers ...

indicates that humans may have inhabited South America as early as 27,000 years ago. At a laboratory at the University of São Paulo, researcher Mírian Pacheco holds in her palm a round sloth ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

Tropical rainforests in Central and South America house one of the world’s most unique mammals, the slow-moving, tree-top ...

Although giant sloth fossils are plentiful across South America, Campo Laborde is "the only place in the entire Americas where we can see the animal was hunted and killed there," Politis said.

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Altogether, there are six sloth species that are found in the Americas, mainly in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. At present, 4 sloth species are listed as least concern on the ...

Sloths are typically docile and are rarely ... Their native habitat is the canopies of tropical rainforests in Central and South America. They grow to around 2-2.5 feet tall and weigh 7-14 pounds ...

Sloths are notable for their low energy levels and slow ... The remains of the animal have been found throughout South America, from Bolivia in the north to southern Patagonia. This shows the animal ...

Not cute and endearing like present-day sloths in South America, these sloths were one of the strangest animals of the ice age. They weighed as much, or more, than the short-faced bear at 1 tonne ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...