Armadillos are an armored, burrowing creature you'll often see meandering through the grasslands of the southeastern United States. They dig through loose soil, creating elaborate burrows for shelter ...

Heidi Conner shared video of an armadillo crawling around her patio and yard.

It’s the only mammal with a shell. It digs so quickly it can escape predators by burrowing. It can inflate its intestines to cross streams. And it eats fire ants – and other insects – like popcorn.

Armadillos are becoming increasingly more common in western North Carolina as they continue to move from Central America into ...