Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the ...

Anteaters are fascinating creatures known specifically for their incredibly long tongues. While their tongues are used for eating ants, the Instagram post by the user @anteater.family shows a ...

A straightforward question gets twisted into a silly resolution in this latest from Collins (Singing Dad and Other Stories). “I’m hungry,” announces a bushy-tailed, long-nosed anteater at the outset; ...

There’s a new “insect specialist” coming to the Buffalo Zoo, and it has everyone talking. By adopting the anteater, the zoo ...

Q. A friend says anteaters occur on five continents (all but Europe and Antarctica). According to my biology teacher, anteaters are only found in the Western Hemisphere. Who’s right? I can’t figure ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For the first time ever, veterinarians identified an anteater infected with rabies. A tamanduas anteater was living at a Tennessee zoo when it became ill. In June, it stopped ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Q. A friend says anteaters occur on five continents (all but Europe and Antarctica). According to my biology teacher, anteaters are only found in the Western Hemisphere. Who’s right? I can’t figure ...