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Giant armadillos in Brazil have been spotted destroying bee hives in search of larvae, causing economic losses to beekeepers and consequent retaliatory killings. The species has a low population ...

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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 ...

Armadillos represent a distinctive clade of Xenarthran mammals whose ecological roles extend from soil modification to trophic regulation across Neotropical and Nearctic landscapes. By excavating ...