In an incident filmed by security cameras before dawn on Saturday, a group of attackers beat the capybara with sticks and iron bars in the working-class neighborhood of Ilha do Governador Wounds are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Parque Barigui, a sprawling urban park in the Brazilian city of Curitiba, you can ride bikes, enjoy the running tracks, or even ...

Three capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) died from rabies on Anchieta Island in the municipality of Ubatuba, São Paulo state, Brazil, between December 2019 and January 2020. One was found dead, and ...

A woman in Brazil looked out her window one June night and found a parade of at least 10 capybaras Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

A capybara grazes as a yellow bird perches on its back — a common sight in Brazilian ecosystems, now increasingly visible in urban areas. (Guilherme Willrich via Courthouse News) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — ...

Wounds are seen on the muzzle of a capybara under care at the Center for Wildlife Animal Recovery of Estacio de Sa University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Copyright ...

Rio de Janeiro police said Monday they had arrested eight people for brutally beating a capybara -- the world's largest rodent whose chill demeanor has inspired countless memes online in recent years.