This is the shocking moment a woman was attacked by a capybara while swimming in Colombia. Astonishing video shows how a paddle with the huge rodent took a sinister turn when it launched itself at ...

A little while back, I met a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, for a coffee-and-carrot date at a café in Tokyo. This has become a ritual when I visit the city. I sat on a couch next to ...

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The mammals are native to the South American region. Capybara’s are close relatives to guinea pigs and rock cavies, and more distantly related to chinchillas and agouti. The herbivores are semi ...

Nordelta is a 1,600 hectare (3,950 acre) luxury private urban complex built on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on a wetland from the Parana river that is the capybara’s natural habitat.