The nine-banded armadillo is native to Central and South America and was first recorded in Texas in 1849. The armadillos have been expanding their range north and east in the United States and ...

A map released in 2006 showed the species ... it has not reached the full extent of its possible range. Humans have killed off most of the armadillo’s natural predators, and rising temperatures ...

There are 21 extant species of armadillo, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armor. Armadillos range widely in size depending on the species. The giant armadillo is ...

In Virginia, the wrinkled bedrock, dense hardwoods, and numerous creeks and streams of the Appalachians seem a far cry from the arid, open-range environment that most people picture as armadillo ...

Only the southernmost part of the former nine-banded range, encompassing most of South America, remains the official home of the nine-banded armadillo. Finally there’s the Guianan long-nosed ...

The nine-banded armadillo—Dasypus novemcinctus—was thought to be found between the central U.S. and Argentina, having expanded its range from South America into Central America and the U.S ...

This makes it likely the armadillo is expanding its range naturally throughout North Carolina, rather than being helped by human intervention." If you see an armadillo, you're asked to upload ...

"We suspect those animals were 'hitchhikers' that got onto a vehicle somewhere in armadillo range, and fell off in Ohio," she told the publication. "This may be the same situation for the animal ...