While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters. There are nearly two dozen species of armadillos, from six-inch ...

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 ...

In 2010, Texans in Bee Cave decided that Punxsutawney Phil, based in Pennsylvania, wasn't Texan enough. So they came up with a different mascot to represent Feb. 2, also known in the rest of the ...