FOR THE most part, rodents make people shriek in disgust. But the largest rodent of all, strangely, does not. The capybara, a hirsute native of South America, typically provokes squeals of delight. It ...
The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest rodent species in the world, and it's not even a close contest. They range from roughly three to four feet in length, stand up to two feet at ...
The Tingana Conservation Concession sits in the center of a unique wetland in the Alto Mayo Basin, the highest swamp in Peru ...
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest has been reduced to less than 25% of its original coverage and is considered one of the main global biodiversity hotspots. In the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, ...