Nutria, large, invasive South American rodents, might be cute, but California really doesn’t want you keeping them as a pet. The Fish and Game Commission is looking to close a loophole that lets ...

This is the amount of nutria that Fish and Wildlife has taken in California per county, updated on June 12, 2023: Merced: 2,102 Stanislaus: 970 Fresno: 304 San Joaquin: 110 Sacramento: 16 Mariposa: 12 ...

As for the nutria, they aren't just hard to find. Their ability to reproduce makes them very hard to eradicate. "In 13 months, the one pair could result in up to 200 individuals," Gerstenberg says.

Some, like rabies, can kill people. Nutria are particularly worrisome. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nutria can carry tuberculosis and septicemia, a bacterial blood poison.

Of the 1,680 nutria taken by members of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Nutria Eradication Program over the past two-and-a-half years, a whopping 663 (39.4%) have been hunted down ...

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. The invasive species, nutria ...

A Louisiana man allegedly cut the tails off of live rodents then releasing them into the wild. The 45-year-old man taught a minor how to remove the tail while keeping the nutria alive.

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 ...

A group of nutria, small rodent like creatures that look like beavers, are living at Krauss Baker Park in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas because people are feeding them. They are also known as coypu or ...

Nutria with orange teeth. Gerard Soury/Getty Images The invasive species has since spread to at least 20 states, primarily in those along the Gulf Coast, such as Louisiana and Florida. In Texas ...

A two-decade, multimillion dollar effort got rid of nutria, a pesky rodent, on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay. But there's worry they could come back.