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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When one thinks of Rio de Janeiro, one usually doesn’t think: rainforest. However, in the heart of the city sits a massive rainforest sprung over long-gone sugar and coffee plantations. The ...

Although my first fleeting glance of this animal made me think that I was looking at a rabbit, the Central American agouti. BILL DANIELSON / For the Gazette Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

Princeton molecular biology and neuroscience researchers published findings revealing that the Agouti gene, which is found in humans as well as mice, can serve as an on-off switch for paternal ...

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 ...

Two rare black-rumped agouti, which are the first of their species to be born in the UK, are being looked after by staff at a Cornish zoo. The animals, part of the guinea pig family, have been ...