A large invasive rodent capable of destroying up to 9 tons of plant material a year has made its way to Fresno, according to a report by the California Department ...

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 invasive species, nutria, is a large, semiaquatic rodent increasingly found in marshes in the United States. As a part of its National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which ended on Friday ...

Since 2023 more nutria have been taken from Fresno County than any county in California, according to CDFW data. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is actively promoting hunting and consumption of wild nutria as a strategy for controlling growing numbers of the invasive rodent species that are eating their way ...

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 ...