Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in California and approximately 19 other states.

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.

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 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 ...

Since 2023 more nutria have been taken from Fresno County than any county in California, according to CDFW data. In the ...

Ok, so how can we help? Nutria gumbo. Their meat is lean, mild, and tastes like rabbit.” “Because this sharp-toothed facultative air breather can live outside a body of water for several days ...

You heard it right. That rodent is called *** nutria. Some refer it as *** water rat. The large semi-aquatic rodents are considered an invasive species, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not known for its culinary recommendations, but a recent Facebook post has an eye-catching, but perhaps unappetizing photo of a furry nutria along with the ...

Some of the invasive species in Mississippi include feral hogs, nutria, snakeheads, and various carp species. Save a swamp. Eat a nutria. FWS even suggests preferred ways to cook the invaders.

I'm invasive and delicious,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote in a Feb. 24 Facebook post advising people to start hunting and eating nutria, a big ... line at Giant rats,” she wrote ...