The groundwater flowing through the subterranean cave systems of central Texas are vital for both farming and daily life.

Learn about the assemblage of fossils discovered at a water cave in central Texas, shedding light on Ice Age megafauna that lived in the state.

A 400,000-year-old giant sloth femur was discovered in Argentina, preserving rare muscle marks that reveal how these Ice Age ...

From mammoths to giant tortoises, a Texas cave discovery is giving scientists a new look at life during the Ice Age.

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He starts out searching his Florida property for Native American artifacts, hoping for points, pottery, or maybe a scraper. Instead, the entire dig changes when a giant fossil bone comes out of the ...

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...

A Manatee County utilities crew was digging a trench recently when it unearthed something unexpected: a fossilized giant ground sloth claw that had been buried in more than 11,000 years ago. According ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today’s sloths – commonly featured on children’s backpacks, stationery and lunch boxes – are ...