Nature has long served as a source of inspiration for scientific innovations. Many animals have evolved defensive features ...

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 ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking residents to keep their eyes on the ground and report any local ...

One in six Georgia-armadillos carry leprosy and can pass it on to humans.

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 ...

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 ...

A much-loved armadillo that spent years educating visitors about wildlife and conservation has died at the age of 19. Dillon, ...

"She has made so many people smile and want to learn more about armadillos and their natural habitat." ...

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 ...

Have you ever walked through your yard or somewhere in South Carolina and heard a strange rustling sound in a nearby bush? While walking along more remote or densely forested nature preserves, this ...