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 ...

With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Government scientists have been trying to pin down the cause of a spate of mysterious cases of leprosy in the south. See, leprosy is kind of hard to catch these days because we don't still live in ...

We looked down at the four visitors as they rooted around in our backyard. Seemingly oblivious to my presence, one pushed its long snout into the soft dirt alongside my foot. Two of them nudged ...