It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighting an animal that’s causing major erosion to the banks of ditches, lakes, and other water bodies.

Back in 1899, a harmful rodent called nutria was introduced to the U.S. through the fur trade. Since then, they have damaged vegetation and crops, destroyed the banks of ditches and lakes, and caused ...

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — “Save a swamp, Sauté a Nutria.” Wildlife officials are proposing a special way of dealing with an invasive species wreaking havoc on Florida’s natural reserves. The nutria, ...

A new source of sustenance has been added to people's diets in certain regions of the U.S. Wildlife agencies are urging locals to eat an invasive rodent wreaking havoc on the surrounding ecosystem in ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is actively promoting hunting and consumption of wild nutria as a strategy for controlling growing numbers of the invasive rodent species that are eating their way ...

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SALEM, Ore. (KEZI) — For National Invasive Species Awareness Week, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are letting folks know that nutria, a large invasive rodent visually similar to beavers, are edible.

It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighting an animal that’s causing major erosion to the banks of ditches, lakes, and other water bodies.

Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in approximately 20 states across the U.S. A new source of sustenance has been added to people's diets in certain regions of the U.S ...