After 30 years, a rare rodent resurfaced. Its study enriches biodiversity knowledge. A six-month research expedition to New ...

The cafe has the traditional staples — coffee, muffins, cookies, bottled water and packaged chips. But the lobby is also full of small and large stuffed capybaras, paintings of capybaras, and mugs and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A female ...

Pouched rats like Capri and Sun have aided in the removal of over 170,000 landmines in the past 25 years in countries like Cambodia and Zimbabwe.

Scientists have always pointed to their powerful incisors — which never stop growing — as the key to their success: they allowed rodents to occupy a dietary niche that other mammals either ignored or ...

In an unusual approach to pest control and sustainable food sourcing, Iwata officials have launched a project to turn nutria—a large, invasive rodent—into game meat for human consumption.

Scientists discover new intestinal cells in Burmese pythons that completely dissolve bones, explaining why they never appear ...

Whether you call them woodchucks, whistle pigs, ground pigs, or groundhogs, these large ground squirrels can be a real nuisance in your yard and garden. “Groundhogs eat whatever is available and most ...