Armadillos form part of the superorder Xenarthra along with anteaters and sloths. There are 21 extant species of armadillo, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armor. ...
A baby armadillo was about the size of a golf ball when it was born at the Toledo Zoo. Screengrab from Toledo Zoo video A tiny new arrival at an Ohio zoo was “the size of a golf ball” at birth.
A group of armadillos originally thought to be a single species may actually be four separate species, research has found. The nine-banded armadillo, the official state small mammal of Texas, may in ...
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Sorry, Punxsutawney Phil, but this Triangle town is turning to another beloved animal that presumably has psychic weather powers. Sylvia, the hairy armadillo, emerged ...
Keep an eye on the side of the road, you might spot an armadillo. For 100 years, the creatures have been expanding northward across the United States from Mexico. It's not known how many are actually ...
Just about every morning, symphony conductor Kayoko Dan goes for a run around her neighborhood in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. It’s in those early hours, just after dawn, that she has the best ...