More than a million years ago, the little-known snow sloths lived in the Ice Age... now they have been brought to life
19:58, 17 Oct 2025
Tumbling and sliding in the mountains, these super cute snow sloths are one of the most surprising and charming creatures of the Ice Age. Taking viewers a million years into the past, a cinematic Apple TV series showcases these little-known furry beasts that lived in the frozen outdoors.
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, narrated by Hollywood actor Tom Hiddleston, heads beyond the extinction of the dinosaurs into a world shaped by ice and survival. This exclusive new clip reveals the snow sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii), which was a remarkable animal perfectly suited to life in a frozen environment.
Unlike its modern cousins, this Ice Age relative could climb rocky slopes with ease, using powerful limbs and massive claws to reach sparse vegetation. During this period, sloths thrived in a wide variety of forms, from giant ground-dwellers to smaller, tree-dwelling species.
Reconstructed through the latest scientific understanding, the glossy five-part natural history series uses the latest science to reveal the intelligence and intricate social behaviour of the Pleistocene’s (Last Ice Age) most iconic species. From woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats to dwarf relatives of elephants and carnivorous kangaroos, each episode explores how life across the planet adapted to survive amid dramatic climate shifts and transformation.
*Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age premieres on Apple TV on November 26
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