New Research Sheds Light on Emergence and Demise of Giant Sloths

May 23, 2025 - 15:30
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New Research Sheds Light on Emergence and Demise of Giant Sloths
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs; these differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species. Image credit: Diego Barletta.

The largest sloths -- members of the genus Megatherium -- were about the size of Asian bull elephants and weighed roughly 3.63 tons (8,000 pounds).

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