Growing up in the Mission Valley area, I saw many small animals on our land, such as racoons, skunks, possums, and, of course, armadillos. Did you know that the nine-banded armadillo, a distant cousin ...

That armor-shelled little nuisance burrowing through your suburban lawn might be your new best friend. Armadillos, it turns out, eat fire ants. They feast on the developing eggs laid by the queen, and ...

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 ...