Most nutria weigh 12 to 14 pounds, and they succumb quickly to well-placed head shots with .22s or .17 HMRs. Plenty of hunters opt for a 12-gauge loaded with No. 4s, since most shots are inside 50 ...

This brown, fuzzy critter with its distinctive orange buck teeth may look cute, but it's causing all sorts of trouble— in ...

Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Louisiana officals worked out a deal for a family to keep a pet nutria in their home. The family is now allowed to apply for a permit to legally keep the nutria as a household pet.

Nutria — which resemble a cross between a beaver and an over-sized rat — can grow to be two feet long, with an additional 1 ½-feet of tail, and weigh up to 20 pounds. They have brown fur, a ...

Nutria don’t get a lot of sympathy in south Louisiana. To many onlookers, a really big rat is a bit repellent, to begin with. And the fast-breeding, burrow-digging, root-eating invasive species ...

In a hotly contested statewide election across the state of Louisiana, Neuty the Nutria's seal of approval carries heavy weight — 22 pounds, more or less. ... Neuty, the nutria rat, ...

Critters Nutria Deserve Their Reputation as Giant, Nasty Swamp Rats Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year.

The challenge is catching these aquatic rats before they reproduce. Starting in May 2023, Fish and Wildlife used specially-trained dogs to sniff out the nutria to capture the critters.

In Texas, nutria are on a “most unwanted” list. In Oregon, there’s a year-round open season on them. California is hoping the invasive species will start to rat on itself.

It’s like a soft, warm, calm dog, except for the scary orange teeth, webbed back feet and that nasty, nasty rat tail. Neuty is Denny and Myra Lacoste's beloved, 22-pound pet nutria. UPDATE ...