With coral-hued built-in armor and tiny in stature, the pink fairy armadillo seems to be made for a fairy tale. But when the Smithsonian Institution tweeted a photo of the 6-inch mammal in June 2021, ...

Even though our planet is home to 7.8 million animal species, certain ones seem to always get all the attention. Many animal lovers are fans of well-known animals like lions, tigers, bears, elephants, ...

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When you write about weird animals all the time, it takes something really special to make you ask, “What is that?” That’s what I thought when I saw the pink fairy armadillo. It looks like a cross ...

Pink fairy armadillos, which are just 6 inches long, appear to have evolved a strange double skin millions of years ago as they moved underground in response to the climate becoming more arid. When ...

First up, the pink fairy armadillo–its actual name. It doesn't have wings and can't cast spells and stuff like a real fairy, but it does have a rosy shell that acts like a radiator. By pumping blood ...

Tiny, elusive, and tough as nails – the pink fairy armadillo is one of the strangest mammals on Earth. In this video, we dig ...