It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ...

One evening earlier this week, Thayler Aragão was walking through a riverside park near his home in Brazil when a curious ...

A woman has been attacked by the world's largest rodent while swimming in a lake. The young victim walked backwards in the water while raising her finger to warn the capybara to keep its distance.

The Catholic Church agreed and the capybara reserves special gastronomical status, served as a delicacy around Easter to this day in parts of South America. The world's largest rodent is said to ...

Gary Shteyngart on the rodent winning hearts. Plus: putting a skeptic in charge of science; Michael Crichton’s lessons in ...

Physical Characteristics and Adaptations Capybaras, scientifically known as Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, hold the remarkable ...

A young woman has been attacked by a capybara, known as the world's largest rodent, while swimming in a lake. The terrifying ordeal took place in Ciénaga, in the north of Colombia. The victim had ...

A young woman has been attacked by a capybara, known as the world's largest rodent, while swimming in a lake. The terrifying ordeal took place in Ciénaga, in the north of Colombia. The victim had ...

Winters in Japan can be bitterly cold for the world's largest rodents. In the highlands of Nasu, capybaras can get a respite from the winter weather with a dip in a steaming bath at Nasu Animal ...

They are classed as the largest rodents in the world and now two infants are moving into Edinburgh Zoo in a 15-year first. The attraction has welcomed two seven-month-old capybaras. The South American ...