But the dog was not alone. A short ways away, near the riverbank, was a plump capybara — the world’s largest species of rodent. The dog, whom Aragão thought might be a stray, seemed to be ...

A young woman has been attacked by a capybara, known as the world's largest rodent, while swimming in a lake. The terrifying ordeal took place in Ciénaga, in the north of Colombia. The victim had ...

The fossilized skull of the largest rodent ever recorded has been described by scientists for the first time. The remains of the one-ton beast, found in Uruguay, indicate that it would have been ...

Large numbers of capybaras, a giant rodent native to South America, have been invading a luxury gated community in Argentina, highlighting the country’s controversial environmental and social ...

First time mum and capybara Pina Colada gave birth to gorgeous quadruplet capybara babies at Wing’s Wildlife Park Tasmania.

The capybara casually rides on the back of one ... Although capybaras are the world’s largest rodents, they have earned the nickname, “water pigs” partially due to their love for water.

Capybaras are the largest living rodent, sometimes weighing over 100 pounds, and are native to South America. Semiaquatic, they typically live in areas surrounding lakes, rivers and swamps.