Hoping to spot an armadillo in Tennessee? There's three places to look, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency. The critters can be found in the state's southern and western regions. And, ...

Leprosy is an ancient disease, the oldest disease known to be associated with humans, with evidence of characteristic bone pitting and deformities found in burial sites in India as far back as 2000 ...

In an open-air barn at the edge of the University of Florida in Gainesville, veterinarian Juan Campos Krauer examines a dead armadillo’s footpads and ears for signs of infection. Its claws are curled ...

EVANSVILLE – Armadillos are spreading into Indiana. The disease they bring with them, though, could take a long time to get here. The squat, sharp-clawed mammals are confirmed carriers of ...

Brazilians who hunt or eat armadillos are at a higher risk of catching leprosy than people who don’t interact with the animals, a new study finds. The findings may settle a debate about whether ...

Armadillos. Leprosy. Florida. It's hard to ignore news reports that fit all three words in the first sentence. So when we heard that state health officials in Florida have reported nine people with ...

The mystery started with some skin samples. Anura Rambukkana was a Ph.D. student in Amsterdam, analyzing biopsies from migrants with Hansen’s disease, or leprosy. The illness could be painful and ...

Leprosy is an ancient disease, the oldest disease known to be associated with humans, with evidence of characteristic bone pitting and deformities found in burial sites in India as far back as 2000 ...

With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo. DNA tests show a match in the leprosy strain ...