In 2001, researchers and student volunteers headed to a site near Shenandoah to excavate the bones of the now extinct giant sloth. The 10 foot tall Ice Age mammal, known as the Megalonyx ...

It is a skeleton of Megalonyx jeffersonii, a giant ground sloth, one of four now-extinct species of ground sloth that inhabited North America during the Ice Age. In life it would have weighed ...

A giant ground sloth tooth and other Ice Age era animal remains were discovered during a road project in Lubbock, Texas. The remains, estimated to be 18,000-36,000 years old, are being preserved ...

After a West Texas road project unearthed ancient remains of Ice Age era animals, more details have come to light on what else was found and what will happen next.. On May 13, 2025, the Texas ...

This time period is known as the Ice Age, which ended 11,700 years ago. "We know we found the giant ground sloth by the distinctive tooth that was discovered," said Jason Britsch, Amarillo Public ...

A giant ground sloth tooth and other Ice Age era animal remains were discovered during a road project in Lubbock, Texas. The remains, estimated to be 18,000-36,000 years old, are being preserved ...