Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 6—If a beaver and a rat had a baby, it might look something like a nutria. The semiaquatic rodent, which is an invasive ...

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.

After almost a decade of turning wetland-destroying rodents into high-end dog biscuits, Baton Rouge-based Marsh Dog announced this week it is shutting down. The company did what many had tried and ...

(KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently spotted swimming in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The state’s Parks and Wildlife Department later identified it as a nutria — but just what the heck is ...

There’s an animal in my freezer that looks like a giant rat. It was killed because it was acting oddly and because, well, giant rat = heebie-jeebies. But mostly, it was dispatched because we’d decided ...

In 1970, a decent nutria pelt brought about $4, almost three times the newly increased minimum hourly wage of $1.45. This was great money, if not altogether easily made — skinning, fleshing and ...