Get to know this remarkable member of the anteater family Ashley Goetz Tamanduas, also called lesser anteaters, are smaller than their giant anteater relatives. They live in a variety of habitats – ...

Meet the northern tamandua. They’re nocturnal and diurnal, they’re terrestrial and arboreal, and they have a prehensile tail. What’s not to like? The northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) is also ...

The anteater is part of the suborder Vermilingua, which appropriately means "worm tongue." There are four species of anteaters: giant anteater, silky anteater, northern tamandua, and southern tamandua ...

When Winnie steps into the room where she will have her ultrasound, the first-time expectant mother doesn’t have any nerves — just a hankering for her favorite snack: a bright green avocado mashed to ...

Photo via Toucan Rescue Ranch. My name is Duncan Coleman, and I am the surrogate father of an orphaned tamandua anteater. I grew up in Wimberley, Texas, but now I live in Palo Alto, where I attend ...

The zoo is mourning the loss of a newborn tamandua, also known as a lesser anteater, who was born "strong, curious, and alert" but was found unresponsive on Monday Anna Lazarus Caplan is a ...

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 ...

The baby tamandua, also known as a lesser anteater, was born on July 21 to first-time mom Cora; the mother-daughter pair are healthy and bonding well, reports the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The ...

The Denver Zoo is expecting a new addition after discovering its 7-year-old southern tamandua, Winnie, is pregnant. Tamanduas are a type of anteater and this will be the first tamandua birth at the ...