GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Jersey's love of water is keeping her off exhibit at John Ball Zoo as she heals from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Because of that same aquatic affinity, the 11-year-old ...

Guinea pigs may be exciting in the movies, but for Shannon Cauthen, the pleasure they give in real life is just the opposite. “They’re very soothing,” says Cauthen, who runs the Cavy Care guinea pig ...

A massive rodent the size of a buffalo that roamed Venezuela eight million years ago was an ancestor to the modern-day domestic guinea pig, according to research due to be published in the journal ...

They may not fit into a hutch like your average garden pet but giant guinea pigs – or capybara – are herbivores that squeak, shudder and live in family groups just like their smaller domestic cousins.

The San Diego Zoo just got a lot fuzzier, with several new additions from the world’s largest rodent: the capybara. The zoo welcomed the birth of not one but four capybara pups on Sunday. They were ...

A group of international fossil hunters are reporting a discovery in South America that had them rubbing their eyes in disbelief. As NPR's Christopher Joyce reports, the researchers found a skeleton ...

Guinea pigs may be exciting in the movies, but for Shannon Cauthen, the pleasure they give in real life is just the opposite. "They're very soothing," says Cauthen, who runs the Cavy Care guinea pig ...