The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...

Nutria are recognized as an invasive species capable of destroying native vegetation and agricultural crops. Over the years, ...

This National Invasive Species Week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking Americans to do their part for native ecosystems by eating giant, invasive rodents called nutria. “Please ...

An invasive South American rodent has returned to the Bay Area — and it may be too late to eradicate it The stakes are high for the state’s Nutria Response Team as the housecat-sized rodents ...

Invasive rodents from South America spread further in Houston communities Nutria appear to be coexisting with another invasive species in the area.

Close to a thousand nutria have been hunted down in California this year alone, and wildlife officials are urging people to share reports of the invasive, 2.5-foot-long rodents in the Bay Area as ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to eat more invasive species. You can get nutria, wild pigs, carp and northern snakeheads in Mississippi ...

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 ...

Beneath Eugene’s scenic green spaces, a biological battle is raging. Invasive species are displacing native plants and animals, threatening the ecosystems that define Oregon’s natural heritage ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has targeted these species as more than just threats to local ecosystems. They're also delicious.

Fresno County, in fact, has become the newest hot spot for these invasive rodents. Since 2023 more nutria have been taken from Fresno County than any county in California, according to CDFW data.