The nine-banded armadillo is expanding its territory into parts of the country it has never been seen in before, taking everyone from wildlife experts to homeowners to pest and wildlife control ...

An armadillo is an unusual-looking mammal, and one that most people would probably associate with southern states like Texas and Louisiana. A Purdue expert recently reported that we have armadillos ...

Punxsutawney Phil, perhaps the most famous weather-predicting rodent, saw his shadow this year, indicating more cold days ahead, although several other famous groundhogs, an aardvark, armadillo and a ...

In 2010, Texans in Bee Cave decided that Punxsutawney Phil, based in Pennsylvania, wasn't Texan enough. So they came up with a different mascot to represent Feb. 2, also known in the rest of the ...

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. ...

The spiny mouse is an unassuming rodent, but it’s armed with a very special tail. CT scans show the tail is sheathed in a secret blanket of bony plates. Before the scans, only one other group of ...

This Austin Answered entry comes with a surprising personal story. Wait for it. The question was prompted by a recent Think, Texas column that included an excerpt from the new book, "Armadillos to ...

An adorable three-banded armadillo investigated a mini pumpkin he was treated to at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana.The Potawatomi Zoo captured this video of the armadillo, named Pivot. The ...

ST. AUGUSTINE (AP) — Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” animals of the moment — big furry rodents. In the back of a real estate office building in what is known as America’s ...