Episode Synopsis "These youngsters discovered the first evidence that giant Ice Age sloths roamed Santa Cruz"

The elementary-aged students from Tara Redwood School in Santa Cruz discovered a fossilized bone while exploring a creek last spring. The bone was from the arm of a Jefferson ground sloth — the first fossil to show the Ice Age creature lived in the Santa Cruz area.

Listen "These youngsters discovered the first evidence that giant Ice Age sloths roamed Santa Cruz"

More episodes of the podcast Listen Local

• Assemblymember Marc Berman on the inaugural MisInfo Day California, importance of media literacy
• UCSC students begin pro-Palestine encampment
• KAZU Studio: Keshav Batish plays sitar with his father ahead of upcoming recital at UCSC
• Pajaro Valley Filipinos tell their communities’ stories in new museum exhibit
• Memorial Day can’t come soon enough for Big Sur
• Santa Cruz startup hopes 3D printed, recycled surfboards will take off
• California expands financial aid eligibility for incoming UC, CSU students amid FAFSA uncertainty
• Big Sur Marathon still on — with a course correction due to Highway 1 slip out
• BREAKING: Convoys resume operation at Rocky Creek Bridge in Big Sur, while businesses remain in limbo
• Weekend closure of Highway 1 in Capitola will be worth the headaches, officials say
• 'If others can exist, so can you': Finding trans community around the Monterey Bay
• Undocumented with a degree: One CSUMB grad's struggle to find work
• These youngsters discovered the first evidence that giant Ice Age sloths roamed Santa Cruz
• Monterey County to mark another pandemic anniversary with COVID-19 memorial construction
• A conversation with KAZU’s new General Manager
• Watsonville Community Hospital’s bond measure has a narrow lead. We spoke with a supporter of Measure N
• In Santa Cruz County, Election Day rush means many races not yet called
• Watsonville Film Festival focuses on International Women's Day
• Measure P asks Soledad residents to vote on their city’s electoral future
• Measure N: A better Watsonville Community Hospital through higher property taxes