Nutria are a perfect example of how the introduction of an invasive species can throw off the delicate balance that has ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population. By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and ...

The US government is adopting the Viking mentality in its new approach to curbing the ever-growing population of a massive rat-like rodent — recommending that people try to turn it into a delicacy.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species -- eat them. Last month, the federal agency posted an article about "5 Invasive Species You Can Hunt ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not known for its culinary recommendations, but a recent Facebook post has an eye-catching, but perhaps unappetizing photo of a furry nutria along with the ...

SACRAMENTO – It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to know that nutria can be delicious. The large, semi-aquatic rodent is considered an ...

California’s most-destructive and least-welcome swamp rodents have arrived in its fifth-largest city. To be precise, they’ve arrived in the stretch of San Joaquin River that traces Fresno’s ...

Cooking up the swamp rats could be a solution to the growing problem. The lean and mild meat of nutria has been compared to rabbit or the dark meat of a turkey. Wildlife officials said the ...

Thumbs up: Eating rodents ain’t your thing? Good news. The James Beard Foundation, which awards the food industry's version of the Oscars, named Gaido's Seafood Restaurant one of its 25 ...

STORY FROM THE DELTA. SO WE’RE OUT ON SHERMAN ISLAND TODAY. AND IT MAY BE A SMALL ISLAND IN THE CENTER OF CALIFORNIA’S DELTA, BUT THERE’S A MASSIVE ONGOING EFFORT AT THE CENTER OF THE STATE ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is hoping you’ve got an appetite for protecting your environment. The service has recently announced that five invasive species currently spreading in various ...