Leprosy is an ancient disease, the oldest disease known to be associated with humans, with evidence of characteristic bone pitting and deformities found in burial sites in India as far back as 2000 ...

Armadillos use their sharp, strong claws to dig for food and construct elaborate burrows underneath the ground.

Armadillos have been invading South Carolina for years. Here’s how to keep them from your yard. Photo from Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Have you ever walked through your yard or somewhere in ...

With their bony exterior, armadillo’s have often been called living dinosaurs. Now, a new study further confirms it by finding they are related the now extinct glyptodonts—huge, armored mammals that ...

They’re cute. They’re often roadkill. Some gourmands say they’re tasty, whether baked or barbecued. Now Louisiana researchers have learned something else about nine-banded armadillos. “A preponderance ...

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 ...

Here’s how to discourage them from digging up your lawn and garden. Identify and exclude—they’re tractor-mouthed diggers. Change the menu—cut off their food sources. Skip homemade ...

For more than a decade, Dr. Tim Gaudin at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has studied an armored invader from the south. The biology professor and his students were the first to document ...

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 often assumed to be a critter of the wild west, but they can actually be found in several places across the United States, including Indiana. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources ...