The US government is adopting the Viking mentality in its new approach to curbing the ever-growing population of a massive rat-like rodent — recommending that people try to turn it into a delicacy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walter Heathcock retrieves a nutria; swamp rats feed ­heavily on the root systems of marsh grass. I CAN'T HELP but be transported ...

A destructive invasive species is putting pressure on California's marshes: nutria. These semi-aquatic rodents can weigh about 20 pounds, have orange teeth and hairless tails, feed on crops and ...

Back in 1899, a harmful rodent called nutria was introduced to the U.S. through the fur trade. Since then, they have damaged vegetation and crops, destroyed the banks of ditches and lakes, and caused ...

The rules of the Louisiana Nutria Rodeo are simple: From the strike of midnight on a Friday morning in February, your kill crew has forty hours to shoot as many swamp rats as possible. You can hunt in ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently marked National Invasive Species Awareness Week with an interesting suggestion: to help protect the environment, bust out the grill. That’s right, one way you ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nothing describes the nutria’s shortage of animal magnetism so well as its genus, Myocastor, which can be translated from the Latin as “rat beaver.” Along with the large rodent’s capacity to devastate ...

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY – Nutria, a giant rodent also called the swamp rat, is continuing to invade California's Central Valley, according to the US Department of Fish and Wildlife. This invasive species ...

Neuty, the beloved Bucktown nutria, has been chosen to ride as Parade Marshal, in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras morning in Metairie. The celebrity swamp rat will also preside over the Mardi Paws dog ...

“Nutria” is a word only occasionally overheard at the rodeo; the proper name confers a dignity that the species long ago forfeited. Nutrias are more often called “rats,” adorned with such modifiers as ...