The ladies are ready for their close-up. Tuesdays and Fridays are spa days in long-tailed chinchilla land. Nine-year-old Pebble, her 13-year-old mom, Slate, and their companion, 11-year-old Snow, all ...

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 ...

This is Bubble, a remarkable Long tailed chinchilla whose soft appearance hides the incredible survival adaptations of one of the world’s most unique mountain rodents. Native to the Andes Mountains of ...

The short-tailed chinchilla, a high-altitude South American rodent, was hunted almost to extinction in the 19th and 20th centuries for its highly prized fur. It’s now endangered, and one small colony ...