1809 – War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg. 1914 – A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre.
They’re slow, they’re sleepy, and they’ve taken over the internet—but sloths are more than just cute animals hanging from trees. These leaf-munching creatures live a strange and fascinating life in ...
WGN-TV: Real-life sloth inspires creativity at Color Me Mine in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood
Real-life sloth inspires creativity at Color Me Mine in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood
The New York Times: Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths
New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct. By Jeanne Timmons Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million ...
Science Daily: Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big. Most of us are familiar sloths, the ...
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
National Geographic news: Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths
Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating on ...