"Down here, people understand this. But we could get paint thrown on us in New York," said New Orleans costumer, jewelry maker and flea market maven Cree McCree, discussing the very real possibility ...

This is the second installment in a two-part series about nutria rats. Here is what I can currently buy in nutria fur products sold online: A Fendi, gently used “adorable backpack bag fob featuring ...

HOUMA — Could Louisiana’s swamp rat lose its reputation as a pest to make a furry fashion statement? Cree McCree, a New Orleans writer and artist, hopes that by showcasing nutria fur in fashion — the ...

Treating nutria as a kind of “guilt free” fur is tough when you’re cutting the pelt and fur gets caught in your eyes. That’s what Micha Michelle Melancon, a fashion designer in New Orleans, found out ...

Believe it or not, there was a time when lustrous nutria pelts were coveted by such stars as Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren. Over the years, the “swamp rat” fell into disfavor. Now, a ...

Nutria-palooza sur la Coulée is not your average fashion show. It is part mission to save the wetlands, part movement to promote sustainable fur fashions. The Righteous Fur Fashion Show & Wetlands ...

HOUMA — They’re not the most attractive creatures in the south Louisiana marsh. Nutria in the wild certainly don’t enjoy the admiring, star-struck crowds that surround the alligators and water birds.

And now comes another novel idea for solving the state’s nutria problem: turn them into dog treats. MICHAEL DeMOCKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A lone nutria stands on the water's edge at Audubon Park.

When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn’t cross your mind. But some ecologists and fashion enthusiasts are trying to rekindle a ...

All eyes may be on New Orleans for football this week, but environmentalists and fur-lovers alike are taking a closer look at the nutria, the furry rodent devouring Louisiana's wetlands. Righteous Fur ...