An invasive rat-like rodent from South America ... has urged the public to hunt, kill and eat nutria as it pose a threat to humans, livestock and pets. These creatures host hosting potentially ...

Please? I’m invasive and delicious.” FWS made a follow-up post on Feb. 27, detailing how to identify nutria by their arched backs, white whiskers, and rat-like tails. The service also reiterated the ...

Nutria can specifically be found along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and in the Southeastern United States. Its exact population, though, is unknown. The rat-like behemoth is larger ...

By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.

The decision to feature such graphic images on the front page with the article "By Tooth and Tale" on the Venice nutria rodeo is not only in poor taste but also raises serious ethical concerns.

The invasive marshland rodent is wreaking havoc but California residents can do their part by catching and eating them, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.

Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in California and approximately 19 other states Getty A new source of sustenance has been added to the California diet. Wildlife ...

Experts in this case are particularly focused on nutria—an herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal that looks like a cross between a giant rat and a beaver. “Please consider the following slogan ...

“Now they’re devouring marshlands,” the FWS said. What to do if you spot a 'swamp rat': Invasive rodent nutria causing concern in California The agency said those who want to eat nutria ...

Much like how nutria showed up in Louisiana, nutria showed up in Texas in 1940s for fur farms. After the fur industry went belly up, many nutria farmers simply released their nutria into the wild. Not ...

EDIRNE, TURKIYE - FEBRUARY 08: A nutria, also known as coypus or swamp rats, swims a river in Edirne, Turkiye on February 08, 2025. The nutrias from the rodent family that is native to South ...