The rainforest holds animals that glow, ... but now a large number are in the Amazon Basin. Capybara. Credit: flickr. It’s not immediately obvious, but the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.

The largest rodent in the world — the capybara — is also one of the most common animals in the Amazon rainforest. Capybaras live in social groups typically consisting of 10 to 20 animals.

A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...

The Amazon rainforest encompasses an enormous area spanning eight South American countries. Considered one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, it's home to over 3 million animal and plant ...

The Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic, diverse wildlife, from energetic monkeys to colorful macaws to predatory jaguars.

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

Leading the pack in the U.S. was a capybara named Caplin ROUS who lived in Texas. Caplin took the internet by storm in 2007, in a YouTube video, licking a camera lens.Sadly, Caplin passed away ...

By Heather Allen. They are known as the largest living rodents in the world and now two 1-year-old capybara sisters call Happy Hollow Zoo and Park in San Jose home.

A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...