More than 20,000 years ago in what’s now Argentina, some of the earliest people in the Americas encountered and butchered a ...

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 ...

And with support from the Institute for the Conservation of Wild Animals, where Attias works, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul plans to track giant armadillos as an indicator species, whose ...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

Camera trap captures the world’s first glimpse of a baby giant armadillo Giant armadillos, weighing up to 50 kilograms, are one of the oldest mammals on Earth. But they’re nocturnal and live ...

In the heart of Brazil lives an animal so elusive, few have ever seen it in the wild. David Attenborough reveals how the extraordinary giant armadillo provides homes for scores of other species. Watch ...

At that time, up to 90% of all large-bodied animals across the world - including mastadons, prehistoric horses, and ancient giant armadillos - went extinct on every continent except Africa.

Among the fossils was Holmesina, a giant armadillo-like mammal that grew from 150 to 475 pounds over time. Stunningly, 75% of the fossils belonged to prehistoric horses, revealing Florida's Ice Age ...