"Down here, people understand this. But we could get paint thrown on us in New York," said New Orleans costumer, jewelry maker and flea market maven Cree McCree, discussing the very real possibility ...

Most of our readers have never seen a nutria in real life, or even have a clue what one is. That's OK — you aren't missing too much if this describes you. Nutrias are sizable swamp rats with big ...

SACRAMENTO — The invasive rodents known as nutria, spurred by California's wet winter, have been spotted on Sherman Island in Sacramento County. California Fish and Wildlife was first on alert about ...

A nutria sits among low vegetation, pausing briefly while feeding. The image captures a calm, close-up moment of the animal’s ...

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(KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently spotted swimming in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The state’s Parks and Wildlife Department later identified it as a nutria — but just what the heck is ...

A bigger bounty for nutria didn’t result in a bigger body count last year. Louisiana hunters and trappers notched one of the smallest numbers of kills since the the state nutria control program was ...

For more than a year, giant rodent invaders with orange-hued teeth have munched through California’s marshland, threatening significant damage to the state’s wetlands and water infrastructure. Nutria ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently ...