What does a nutria look like? With coarse, dark brown fur, webbed rear feet and large front teeth, a nutria could, at first glance, be mistaken for their distant cousin, the beaver.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is urging Americans to eat certain invasive species, including animals similar to giant rats and wild pigs. In a Facebook post, the agency encouraged people to ...

Fried, grilled or turned into tacos, these invasive species are “surprisingly tasty” and Americans are urged to help control them one bite at a time.

Solution to control growing rat-like rodent population may be to eat them, government says: ‘Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria’ ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to eat more invasive species. You can get nutria, wild pigs, carp and northern snakeheads in Mississippi ...

But for those plagued by the nutria, a rat-like species terrorising marshland in America, you should just eat them to control their population, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Feb. 20.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population.

They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey. And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can. The nutria, ...

The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The agency even rolled out a catchy slogan: "Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria." Adults are about two feet long and weigh some 15 to 20 pounds, with plenty of meat for a gumbo or stew.