NASHVILLE, Tenn: (WKRN) – When most people think of anteaters they might not think of them as a species that spends most of their time up high in the treetops or whose diet consists of ripe avocadoes.

An 11-year-old lesser anteater that escaped from the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan was safely located and returned to the facility one week later.

Meet the newest addition to the zoo family: a tamandua, or lesser anteater. This video showcases the introduction of this fascinating creature, along with a visit to see Ghost and Shadow, two emus.

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 Kelli ...

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 – ...

But in the world of the tamandua, otherwise known as the lesser anteater, this guy is a real player. “He has been an excellent breeding male,” said Katie Hutchinson, lead keeper for the Reid Park ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A lesser anteater named Blackie (黑妞) has been missing from Taipei Zoo for two days after escaping from its enclosure, prompting the zoo to appeal to the public for assistance in ...

Our initial encounters with anteaters often happen through popular culture, specifically the animated features that show the ground-probing animals slurping up insects courtesy of their lengthy ...

The Taipei Zoo yesterday afternoon found its elderly lesser anteater, Blackie, after it had been missing for a week, though the animal did not seem eager to return to its enclosure, the zoo said in a ...