Neuty the Nutria, Bucktown’s beloved swamp rat rescued by the Lacoste family, faces a cancer diagnosis. Family and fans hope for another miracle.

Officials in Mississippi are promoting an increasingly popular conservation strategy: Eat invasive species that damage local ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to eat more invasive species. In Mississippi, you can hunt and fish for nutria, ...

Millions of invasive, marsh-destroying nutria have invaded the wetlands of Louisiana. These hunters are picking them off, one by one.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walter Heathcock retrieves a nutria; swamp rats feed ­heavily on the root systems of marsh grass. I CAN’T HELP but be transported ...

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue during Yom Kippur has left the United States after his ...

The wind was blowing the afternoon of Nov. 4, when 29-year-old Robbie Flint and his 18-year-old brother, Gage Boyington, headed toward a low-lying swamp in Maine. The spot is only about 30 miles from ...

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this column included incorrect polling numbers on how the administration is handling the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Both of these things are, in their own way, ...

Amid news of a rat infestation in downtown Vallejo, an unlikely hero has come into play – terriers. Known for their innate hunting abilities, these small furry friends have come to the rescue courtesy ...

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 ...