Nutria damage crops, wetlands, and flood infrastructure in many states, but California says it still has a small window to stop the rodent invasion.

The rich label the rodents “pests,” but are these “masters of the grasses” invaders or merely “reappropriating” what is theirs? Gated communities and golf courses are located on vulnerable wetlands ...

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LONDON — Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried ...

Last week, while I was returning the stare of a giant rodent 20 feet away, my flashlight beam strayed into a pool of water 50 feet farther into the swamp, revealing a pair of shining red eyes. The ...

CHICAGO— Some denizens of America’s great cities probably wouldn’t mind a visit from the Pied Piper right about now. Several major U.S. cities—including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.— ...

Last week, while I was returning the stare of a giant rodent 20 feet away, my flashlight beam strayed into a pool of water 50 feet farther into the swamp, revealing a pair of shining red eyes. The ...

A large invasive species that resembles a beaver is damaging ecosystems in over a dozen US states. Nutria, native to South America, were introduced to the US in the late 1800s for their fur. The ...