On the second voyage of HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin collected thousands of plant, animal, rock and fossil specimens, including 13 species of fossil mammals. Four of these were species of ground sloth, ...

Jens Christian Svenning at a fossilized skeleton of a giant ground sloth, Lestodon armatus, on display in the Natural History Museum, New York Credit must be given to the creator. Only ...

In recognition of the high standard of entries, 25 extra images were selected by the Natural History Museum and put to the public vote. Luciano had to climb the cecropia tree, in the protected ...

one of which was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands in March 2004 and is now preserved at the Natural History Museum. The giant squid’s gullet passes through its doughnut-shaped brain.

In 2022, hobbyist fossil collectors Robert Sinibaldi and Joseph Branin were diving in Florida's Steinhatchee River to look ...

Talk about outlandish — I’m here at the edge of the world to learn more about the demise of ancient giant sloths ... to ...