California’s most-destructive and least-welcome swamp rodents have arrived in its fifth-largest city. To be precise, they’ve arrived in the stretch of San Joaquin River that traces Fresno’s northwest ...

Nutria, like those seen in this file photo, are considered invasive in the U.S. Here’s what to do if you see one in southern Illinois. Amanda McCoy [email protected] Southern Illinois has seen ...

This brown, fuzzy critter with its distinctive orange buck teeth may look cute, but it's causing all sorts of trouble — in Germany, and across Europe. The nutria, also known as a coypu or swamp beaver ...

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 ...

A nutria is a large, semi-aquatic rodent native that is approximately 2 feet long. Its features include a large head, short legs, and a stout body that appears hump-backed on land. Their fur is ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species -- eat them. Last month, the federal agency posted an article about "5 Invasive Species You Can Hunt, ...

Thumbs up: Eating rodents ain’t your thing? Good news. The James Beard Foundation, which awards the food industry's version of the Oscars, named Gaido's Seafood Restaurant one of its 25 American ...