You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

Most land-based mammals in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate change and the savannization of the region. From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s largest rodent is having a big moment. The capybara – a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest in a long line of “it” animals to get star ...

What’s driving the craze? It’s a perfect storm of social media magic and the animals’ naturally endearing traits. Capybaras have naturally sociable and relaxed personalities and can often be seen ...

After years of following them online, Li Jing finally met her spirit animal – the capybara — at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. "I first fell in love with capybaras when I saw their videos online. They were ...