The capybara is the world’s largest rodent, like a dog-sized guinea pig, native to most parts of South America. Despite their size, other animals really love to chill with the capybara, leaving the ...

In South America’s wetlands and riverbanks, one animal seems to move with unusual ease through landscapes that many species ...

It started last month when workers at a Paso Robles wastewater treatment plant noticed what appeared to be a giant rodent roaming the facility. The creature eventually swam toward the Salinas River ...

A sign above Tupi’s habitat depicted the capybara on a boat and read: “Ahoy! It’s a boy!” Tupi could be seen feasting on watermelon and other snacks with the other two capybaras inside the Capybara ...

A fisherman in Illinois killed a massive rodent that is native to South America. Screengrab from Facebook post by 618 Hunting. An Illinois bowfisherman spotted a massive rodent wandering along the St.

Dogs may be man’s best friend, but they just might be this capybara’s best friend, too. In the latest installment in the ongoing saga of the South American native-turned-Las Vegas resident Joe Joe the ...

Cinnamon, the capybara missing for a week in the wilds, is "absolutely fine, other than a little bit tired," her keepers have confirmed. The giant rodent escaped from her enclosure at Hoo Zoo & ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Officials at Japan's most popular zoo say a territorial dispute might have led a capybara, a large South American rodent, to kill a spider monkey. The fatal attack ...