By using sounds and postures just like capybaras, guinea pigs can actually say a lot. Though you may not understand all the ...

In adult guinea pigs, males and females coo as a way of showing affection for each other. Rumbling is similar to purring but sounds much deeper. The rumble is used by male guinea pigs to get the ...

Sensory enrichment for guinea pigs involves stimulating their five senses with different textures, sounds, smells, and materials, similar to their natural habitat. Provide various textured materials ...

Guinea pigs are rodents from South America, originally domesticated by the Incas of Peru for food. Depending on who you believe, they got their name from being taken by English and Dutch traders ...

Peru is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the genetically modified guinea pig that appears on menus across the country. Developed in 2004 by the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation ...

But the differences don't stop here. As it turns out, people interpret the sounds produced by pigs differently, hence there is no conventional grunt for pigs. With the help of our colleagues from ...

A guinea pig rescue centre in Nottingham has inspired a documentary that aims to uncover the secret world of the household pet. More than 300 guinea pigs live in Avalon Guinea Pig Rescue founder ...

Guinea pigs are native to the Andes Mountains and are raised in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, areas where the Inca Empire spread almost 500 years ago. There are more than 25 million guinea ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the ...