Animals

They are being hunted if mistaken for domestic cats. They are also endangered by crossbreeding with them.

Their population systematically declines, mainly due to the loss of habitat as a result of logging. ...

Responsible for this myth is Pliny the Elder, a Roman philosopher, who claimed in the encyclopedic N ...

Like their smaller cousins, capybaras also exhibit traits that allow them to be domesticated. They h ...

When the left half of the brain sleeps, the right eye will be closed, and vice versa.

They can become a female in adulthood. It happens for example if a dominant female is killed.

They can be found in seamounts, upper continental slopes and submarine canyons. Younger specimens usually reside in less deep waters than their older counterparts.

They can smell carrion left by polar bears at a distance of 10 to 40 kilometers. They easily sense a ...

They feed mainly on grass, but also on fruits, tubers, shoots, buds of other plants, roots and herbs.