MANCHESTER, Mo. — He grabs science with his bare hands. A teacher who catches opossums, snakes and armadillos so his students can get a closer look. If Russ Barton can’t catch the animal, he calls ...

Brazilians who hunt or eat armadillos are at a higher risk of catching leprosy than people who don’t interact with the animals, a new study finds. The findings may settle a debate about whether ...

They're rolling in from South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, attracted by the promise of a temperate and warming climate, vast tracts of diggable land, room to expand, and a nearly endless supply of ...

A nine-banded armadillo searches for food in Daviess County. This is Indiana’s 50th confirmed nine-banded armadillo, photographed while foraging by state mammalogist Brad Westrich in June 2021.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A group of armadillos were spotted on June 12, 2018, outside the Wildlife Rescue Center in west St. Louis County. Photo courtesy ...

Every now and then the Illinois Department of Natural Resources puts out a public request for sightings of armadillos, anywhere in the state: Folks, if you see something, say something. And ...

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 ...