“We finally got the whole picture,” Delsuc said. The nine-banded armadillo was actually four distinct species lumped together, according to a study published June 22 in the peer-reviewed ...

Per a new study recently published in the journal Systematic Biology, the nine-banded armadillo—known scientifically as Dasypus novemcictus—is actually four distinct species of armadillo ...

She’s spent years studying three of the 20 species of armadillos. Her doctoral research focused on Euphractus sexcinctus, aka the yellow, or six-banded, armadillo (above), whose courtship ...

An armadillo was treated to a special, insect-filled birthday cake as he turned 23 years old at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday, March 11, the zoo said.Video of the ...