Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 13 October 2025 (IUCN) – Over 1,500 historical IUCN publications are now available online, following a three-year grant from Arcadia. The project has enabled the ...

We really dug our claws into this Saturday’s Weird Animal Question of the Week, asked by Judy Eastwood: "What animal has the longest and shortest toenails?” There isn’t much data on the subject, ...

The Xenarthra group includes slow-moving mammals like armadillos and sloths, known for their distinct joints and low metabolism. Xantusia, known as night lizards, are small, elusive reptiles in North ...

There are only a few animals whose names begins with the letter X, here is the list of 6 animals whose names begins with letter x. Xenarthra is not a single animal but includes a group of animals with ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of the extinct armadillo genus Parutaetus from fossilized osteoderms collected in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Parutaetus oliveirai inhabited ...

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The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is actually four different species, including a previously undescribed species endemic to the Guiana Shield, according to new research. Armadillos are ...

Armadillos form part of the superorder Xenarthra along with anteaters and sloths. There are 21 extant species of armadillo, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armor. ...

An Argentinian farmer named Juan de Dios Sota was simply transporting his young cattle when he stumbled across something much older — a couple of 20,000-year-old giant armadillos. Right beneath the ...