The Pantanal, Brazil The Pantanal in Brazil, an astounding wetland region, stretches over an enormous area, making it the ...

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

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Given time and opportunity, they can reach eight feet and be powerful enough to capture a capybara ... along the Paraguay River in southwestern Brazil is not only home to what is probably Earth ...

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 Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium and its visitors are mourning the loss of a "guest favorite" capybara. Ripple, a 12-year-old capybara who arrived to the zoo in 2017, had to be euthanized on Dec. 29.