The agouti ain’t no sewer rat: It’s actually a pivotal part of the rainforest ecosystem. Like a weird-looking squirrel, really. only without those obnoxious, oversized ears. You're trying too hard, ...

Orlando Science Center is now home to a baby red-rumped agouti, an animal recently born inside the “Life” exhibit at the Loch Haven Park museum. The late July arrival was both a surprise and part of a ...

Locally, when one hears of the agouti, the first thing which comes to mind for many is curry and a pot. However, many may not be aware of the great value of this species—the red-rumped agouti—to our ...

Yesterday, shortly after 7 p.m., a male agouti escaped from his outdoor enclosure behind the Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Agoutis are large beautiful rodents about the size of ...

Feed adult mothers a methyl-rich or genistein-rich diet, and DNA methylation lowers expression of the agouti gene in their offspring, shifting their coat color away from the classic agouti yellow and ...

BRIDGEPORT — A family visiting Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport got a bit of a scare Sunday afternoon when their little girl was bitten on the finger by a red-rumped agouti. Zoo spokesperson ...

The determined agouti who briefly escaped his cage at the Smithsonian National Zoo last month has died. Zoo officials say Macadamia, a South American rodent about the size of a large house cat, died ...