Armadillos have recently been spotted as far north as the Missouri-Iowa border. The nine-banded armadillo, which is native to Central and South America, has been migrating north for decades as average ...

The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) was officially adopted as the state small mammal of Texas in 1995. Dasypus translates from Latin and Greek words referring to ‘hairy feet’ and/or ‘hare ...

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 in ...

The only armadillo native to the United States is the nine-banded. Armadillos are the only mammal other than humans to carry a specific strain of leprosy. The armadillo's closest animal relative is ...

Scientists found a widespread armadillo is four distinct species, a study said. One of these, the Guianan long-nosed armadillo pictured above, is a new species. Photo from Quentin Martinez ...