That armor-shelled little nuisance burrowing through your suburban lawn might be your new best friend. Armadillos, it turns out, eat fire ants. They feast on the developing eggs laid by the queen, and ...

Arkansas has its share of unusual animals, but none more so than the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). This timid mammal looks like it was hastily fabricated from spare animal parts. Were ...

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 ...

I recently received the following questions, which are variations of ones I have received in the past about armadillos. Q:I have heard from friends who have a problem with armadillos digging up their ...

Why did the armadillo cross the road? Well, mostly they don't make it. Armadillo road kill is increasingly evident around town. Recently I drove a mile to my local YMCA and two armadillos were resting ...

Two orphaned armadillo brothers were recently rescued after washing up in a Texas woman's yard. After recent rains, she found the cold little guys "with no mom in sight" and transported them to the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The nine-banded armadillo is a scavenger, and it has followed trails of ants and along the side of roads all the way here to East Tennessee. Sarah Glass is the Curator of ...