The tapir, the biggest land mammal in South America, has been spotted in Brazil's Costa Verde region 100 years after its last ...

Numbers of Patagonian mara—rodents with rabbit-like ears, long legs and the body of a hoofed mammal—are now living in the Al Qudra Lakes, a desert oasis located 25 miles south of Dubai ...

The study of paleobiology and the evolution of South American mammals provides valuable insights into the continent's unique prehistoric ecosystems. This field examines the fossil record to ...

The team spent nearly one year estimating the body mass by comparing the skull with other living South American rodents. Most weigh less than one kilo. However, there are exceptions such as the ...