There are 2,050 species of rodents but none are as adorable as the chinchilla. Chinchillas are a unique mix of cute and sassy. With gentle handling, most chinchillas will become quite tame and bond ...

Monday, April 11 marks National Pet Day. While the most popular pets in the country are cats and dogs, according to World Atlas, less conventional pets are also making a name in many households across ...

Whether a new subspecies, a species, or just a new population, these coastal chinchillas act in ways scientists have never seen before. By James Hall/Hakai Magazine Published May 24, 2023 9:00 PM EDT ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. In 2020, on a rocky hillside overlooking the vast swell of the Pacific Ocean, near the Chilean port city of Antofagasta, a local man walking ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has many vexing problems. Last week it had a stopper: a chinchilla with “the slobbers.” Its front teeth had grown so long that it could not eat. Agriculture experts ...

Gold Fields Ltd.’s flagship $860 million expansion project in Chile has stumbled over a large rodent, whose prized fur saw it hunted to the brink of extinction. The Johannesburg-based gold miner must ...