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 short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) once inhabited a range including the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru, but today the species survives in only a handful 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 ...

Ed Stoddard is a Johannesburg-based journalist with a focus on resource industries, wildlife, economics, and the environment in Africa. A Reuters correspondent for 24 years, he is now a regular ...

Chinchilla’s dense fur prevents parasites from surviving in it. A chinchilla’s coat doesn’t dry when wet due to the density, so they bathe with fine volcanic ash to remove oil and dirt. Female ...

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The chinchillas at the Tulsa Zoo are home for the holidays after moving into their newly renovated exhibit this week. Visitors can see the chinchillas in the WildLIFE Trek Life in the Cold building ...