Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you see a nutria, notify authorities. [CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE] Nutria, a large invasive rodent species, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighting an animal that's causing ...

For years, nutria were treated as a strange but distant problem in parts of the American South, where the large semi-aquatic rodents had already carved up wetlands and irrigation systems. Their ...

A genomic study of 267 California nutria points to central Oregon and a recent introduction rather than a long-hidden group.

Q. What are nutria, and why are they now considered a pest? Nutria (or coypu) are like gophers on steroids. Since they live near water, they are often mistaken for beavers or muskrats. There are some ...

They’re an ecological menace literally known as “river rats.” But is the nutria maybe a little cute? Just a tiny bit? Nutria, according to an informative new report on the creatures’ spread in ...

California's latest invasive-species headache may have arrived not by accident, but by invitation. Genetic testing shows the state's resurging nutria—hefty, orange-toothed rodents that tear up ...

Nutria, an invasive species of rodent, has just been discovered in a new part of California ... and they're posing a threat to humans, pets livestock and an important ecosystem. These critters are ...

Rep. Josh Harder brought a stuffed nutria to Congress in a push for funding eradication efforts. (photo: Harder's office) Invasive nutria are making inroads in Bay Area watersheds and gaining a lot of ...

Hollywood would have difficulty inventing a rodent as scary as the South American swamp beast that has gained a toehold in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Imagine a rat-looking creature weighing ...

Nutria, a large invasive rodent species, was recently discovered in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Contra Costa County, causing concern among wildlife experts. They want residents to report ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighting an animal that’s causing major erosion to the banks of ditches, lakes, and ...