Most nutria weigh 12 to 14 pounds, and they succumb quickly to well-placed head shots with .22s or .17 HMRs. Plenty of hunters opt for a 12-gauge loaded with No. 4s, since most shots are inside 50 ...

Nutria don’t get a lot of sympathy in south Louisiana. To many onlookers, a really big rat is a bit repellent, to begin with. And the fast-breeding, burrow-digging, root-eating invasive species ...

As Louisiana's statewide election slated for Saturday hit the campaign home stretch, one state senator used the likeness of an unlikely hero for the trail: a nutria rat. Earlier this year ...

Nutria — which resemble a cross between a beaver and an over-sized rat — can grow to be two feet long, with an additional 1 ½-feet of tail, and weigh up to 20 pounds. They have brown fur, a ...

In Texas, nutria are on a “most unwanted” list. In Oregon, there’s a year-round open season on them. California is hoping the invasive species will start to rat on itself.

The challenge is catching these aquatic rats before they reproduce. Starting in May 2023, Fish and Wildlife used specially-trained dogs to sniff out the nutria to capture the critters.

After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging ...

Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Critters Nutria Deserve Their Reputation as Giant, Nasty Swamp Rats Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year.

Tourists in Czechia’s capital regularly come face to face with nutria, large semiaquatic rodents native to South America that look like a cross between a rat and a capybara.. Some mistake them ...

It’s like a soft, warm, calm dog, except for the scary orange teeth, webbed back feet and that nasty, nasty rat tail. Neuty is Denny and Myra Lacoste's beloved, 22-pound pet nutria. UPDATE ...