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Giant Sloths the Size of Elephants Once Walked Along the Ground. Here's How the Massive Animals Evolved and Declined

Today, sloths are slow-moving, tree-dwelling creatures that live in Central and South America and can grow up to 2.5 feet long. Thousands of years ago, however, some sloths walked along the ground, ...
Phys.org

Asian elephants have larger brains than their African relatives, researchers discover

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...
Gizmodo

Why Ancient Sloths Became the Size of Elephants—and Then Vanished

Giant sloths with razor-sharp claws and as large as Asian bull elephants once roamed the Earth, snacking on leaves at the tops of trees with a prehensile tongue. Now, scientists have figured out why ...
KUOW

Touch one of the 100 life-size Indian elephant sculptures now traveling across the country

Visitors will be able to get close to — and even touch —100 life-size sculptures of Indian elephants which are beginning a cross-country journey. The Great Elephant Migration traveling art exhibition ...
Iowa Public Radio

100 elephants are moving across the U.S. — a herd of life-size replicas

Visitors will be able to get close to — and even touch — 100 life-size sculptures of Indian elephants which are beginning a cross-country journey. The Great Elephant Migration traveling art exhibition ...
AOL

Video of Baby Elephant Charging Elephant Twice Their Size Is Awe-Inspiring

One baby elephant is "causing chaos in the herd," and we can't get enough. Wildlife photograhper @matthewwilliamselliss posted an amazing video of a group of elephants, including a sweet baby who was ...