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 ...

Purdue College of Agriculture News: An armored mammal, once limited to the swamps and forests of the Deep South, is now burrowing its way through the backyards and woodlands of Indiana. The ...

The nine-banded armadillo, which ranges all the way from Argentina to Nebraska, is actually four separate species. One of the species, the Guianan long-nosed armadillo, is new to science. Meanwhile, ...

Jul. 28—Yes, there are Hoosier armadillos. No, they're not sporting Sycamore blue or the cream and crimson of Indiana University, but the squat little armored mammal usually associated with the South ...

There are around 20 species of armadillo, but only the nine-banded armadillo is found in the U.S. This post from rwpzoo shares two of the four nine-banded armadillo pups that mom, Patsy, recently gave ...

Spring is upon us and that means all those animals that made their way south for the winter are making their way back north. Flocks of birds, kaleidoscopes of butterflies — and a roll of armadillos?

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 ...

Researchers in France and Chicago have discovered that the armadillo native to Texas and other parts of North America is actually its own species. The study, published last summer in Systematic ...

While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters. There are nearly two dozen species of armadillos, from six-inch ...