The sighting is especially significant because babies are particularly hard to document in a species that is both difficult ...

Typically spotted in the South and Southeast, the creatures have been reaching increasingly distant states like North Carolina, Virginia and Illinois as winters become milder ...

Armadillos have been creeping steadily northward for over a century, but getting to Ohio required something earlier roadkill discoveries never quite proved: that one actually walked there.

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Instinct drives these armored animals to have sex on the run—and they’ll need to keep running to replenish the ranks of their at-risk species.

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An armadillo found as roadkill in Southwest Ohio may be the first to arrive in the state naturally. Previous armadillo sightings in Ohio were believed to be "hitchhikers" that fell off vehicles. The ...

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 ...