Nine-banded armadillos have already overrun 28 North Carolina counties, and now officials are sounding alarms as the ...

The armadillo is well known and a common site in Texas. Armadillos frequently make their presence known during the summer and early fall when they dig for food in lawns and gardens. The unusual ...

Armadillos, which typically traverse the southern United States, have begun to encroach upon habitats farther north. Since first being discovered in North Carolina in 2007, the armadillo population ...

Nine-banded armadillos have spread across most of North Carolina in less than two decades, with state wildlife officials now tracking reports in 84 of the state’s 100 counties. The armored mammals, ...

Armadillos are becoming increasingly more common in western North Carolina as they continue to move from Central America into ...

The only armadillo native to the United States is the nine-banded. Armadillos are the only mammal other than humans to carry a specific strain of leprosy. The armadillo's closest animal relative is ...