Then again, maybe they’ll add nutria gumbo to their menu. Then we’ll really know their “Save a Swamp” campaign is working. Thumbs down: Speaking of fighting words, in a hot mic moment at ...

By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.

The perfect project to combat that image is taking on the nutria, an invasive swamp rat that threatens to damage levees and eat through Central Valley wetlands. Aug. 7, 2019 Originally bred for a ...

And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can. The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems, according to the California ...

Read more:Swamp rats have invaded California. A Central Valley Democrat is declaring war Originally bred for a fur trade that collapsed in the 1940s, feral nutria populations have since spread to ...

Read more: Swamp rats have invaded California. A Central Valley Democrat is declaring war Originally bred for a fur trade that collapsed in the 1940s, feral nutria populations have since spread to at ...

Cooking up the swamp rats could be a solution to the growing problem. The lean and mild meat of nutria has been compared to rabbit or the dark meat of a turkey. Wildlife officials said the ...

And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can. The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems, according to the California Department ...