The nutria is a large ... Its exact population, though, is unknown. The rat-like behemoth is larger than a muskrat and smaller than a beaver — two animals they’re often mistaken for.

Close-up of a beautiful white nutria that eats an apple near the water with appetite. White nutria in the zoo.. Wet water rat or muskrat crawls on land in search of food. Nutria family on the green ...

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

Invasive nutria are wreaking havoc on delicate wetland ecosystems, and wildlife officials think eating them might be part of ...

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 ...

Crews are now getting help from outside the state. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy supplied an $11 million grant to bring in detection dogs from the East Coast. The dogs are experts at ...

Nutria are "oversized, wetland-loving rodents were brought to the U.S. for the fur trade and now they’re devouring marshlands ...

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.