Texans have a soft spot for armadillos. The scrappy, scaly mammal adorns countless art prints, bumper stickers, and T-shirts. On Etsy, you can buy solid-gold armadillo earrings ($850) or a vintage ...

Punxsutawney Phil, perhaps the most famous weather-predicting rodent, saw his shadow this year, indicating more cold days ahead, although several other famous groundhogs, an aardvark, armadillo and a ...