The known species [of Smilodon] belong to the Pliocene period, and were the cotemporaries of the gigantic sloths and Glyptodons, which at that time ranged over the entire American continent.

Eremotherium eomigrans, more commonly known as the wandering giant ground sloth, were true to name — weighing in at an estimated 3 tons, according to the Florida Museum.

Early Americans may have spent millennia sharing prehistoric savannas and wetlands with enormous beasts, research shows.

The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant shuffled across the woodlands of the ancient Americas between 60,000 and five ...

Fossils of a 27,000-year-old giant ground sloth have given scientists insight into what life was like for the 13-foot-tall beast before it died, according to a new study.

The final days of a giant sloth that once stood 13 feet tall have been revealed — thanks to the discovery of an enormous tooth. A partly fossilized tooth belonging to the gigantic beast was u… ...

Giant Sloths and Many Other Massive Creatures Were Once Common on Our Planet. With Environmental Changes, Such Giants Could Thrive Again If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are ...