the nutria's rear appendage is thin and rat-like. Their distinctive front teeth are colored orange because they contain oxidized iron, which also makes them stronger. Nutria may look harmless ...

Please? I’m invasive and delicious.” FWS made a follow-up post on Feb. 27, detailing how to identify nutria by their arched backs, white whiskers, and rat-like tails. The service also reiterated the ...

Nutria are "oversized, wetland-loving rodents were brought to the U.S. for the fur trade and now they’re devouring marshlands," the USFW says. What does it taste like? "Their meat is lean ...

In a Facebook post, the agency encouraged people to hunt, catch, and cook nutria, a large, rat-like semiaquatic creature classified ... these animals have become invasive in parts of the southeastern ...

What to do if you spot a 'swamp rat': Invasive rodent nutria causing concern in California ... have become invasive in the southeastern U.S., Texas, California and other areas, the FWS said.

An invasive rat-like rodent from South America has invaded ... The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has urged the public to hunt, kill and eat nutria as it pose a threat to humans, livestock ...

Nutria can specifically be found along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and in the Southeastern United States. Its exact population, though, is unknown. The rat-like behemoth is larger ...

By Simon J. Levien 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 lean and mild meat of nutria has been compared to rabbit or ... Her stories focus on space, wildlife, and any weird happenings in Texas. She previously covered community news and breaking ...

They can be found in central and east Texas. The initiative highlights the culinary potential of nutria meat, comparing it to rabbit or dark turkey meat, suggesting it could be a viable food ...

Oklahoma is home to nutria only in marshy ... a "marsh rat" or "river rat" may run into their namesake in that region or if they travel to lowlands of neighboring Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas ...