Growing up in the Mission Valley area, I saw many small animals on our land, such as racoons, skunks, possums, and, of course, armadillos. Did you know that the nine-banded armadillo, a distant cousin ...

Say an armadillo rooted under your fence, tore through the garden and burrowed under the foundation. Meet your new best friend: the coyote. The wily coyote is one of the few animals that eat the armor ...

The next time you’re out walking along a greenway or hiking in the mountains be on the lookout for one of North Carolina’s newest residents: the insect-eating nine-banded armadillo. Native to South ...

It’s unclear if the little bugger lost in a battle with someone’s tire or if he jumped right smack dab into the grill of a car that surprised him (or her, who knows?) as armadillos are wont to do. But ...

My friend Greg called the other day to see if I wanted my usually allotment of chufa for spring planting. I went to the trouble of procuring half a pallet and a couple of tons of fertilizer last year ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana now has breeding populations of armadillos. According to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), armadillos have colonized much of southeastern Indiana and are ...

Armadillos are solitary creatures, and their nature reflects that. Even domesticated armadillos still display wild traits like the one in this video. They can roam up to eight acres daily, so an ...

BURNET, Texas — There was a rare treat recently in the Texas Hill Country when armadillo quadruplets were spotted taking a mud bath. The siblings appeared to be enjoying themselves as they cooled off ...

Government scientists have been trying to pin down the cause of a spate of mysterious cases of leprosy in the south. See, leprosy is kind of hard to catch these days because we don't still live in ...