Chinchillas have the softest and densest fur of any mammal on the planet. Discover how this unique feature has impacted its ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI - A chinchilla twitched its nose as wide-eyed and excited children began petting its fluffy body and bushy tail. This was the first of several exotic animal encounters that ...

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 ...

Mickey the chinchilla, when perched on the shoulder of his owner, turns heads on the streets of Scarborough with his large ears and small furry body. "He's relaxed," his owner Sean Adams says. "I've ...

Philip Joris needed chinchillas. The Belgium-based hearing researcher turned to the South American rodents six years ago, excited about studying their auditory capabilities, so similar to our own. But ...

Chinchillas, docile South American rodents with big, round ears and soft, thick fur, are about as sensitive to sounds as humans. That’s one reason why medical researchers use them to study hearing ...