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<p>Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the Ice Age.</p><p>That’s the focus of the third season of the Apple TV series <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/prehistoric-planet-ice-age-season-3/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">“Prehistoric Planet,”</a> which uses the latest paleontology research and photorealistic CGI to reimagine the lives of ancient creatures. So far, the series has focused on dinosaurs, but now it’s taking that same approach to the huge and strange-looking animals that roamed the tundras and deserts of the <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/prehistoric-planet-ice-age-season-3/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">Ice Age.</a></p><p>Joining Host Ira Flatow to thaw out the new research featured in the show are two of ...