They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey. And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can. The nutria, ...

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 is a large, semi-aquatic rodent native that is approximately 2 feet long. Its features include a large head, short legs, and a stout body that appears hump-backed on land. Their fur is ...

STANISLAUS COUNTY — Northern California's record-breaking wet season is wiping out some wildlife and allowing others to thrive. The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is home to the ...

California’s most-destructive and least-welcome swamp rodents have arrived in its fifth-largest city. To be precise, they’ve arrived in the stretch of San Joaquin River that traces Fresno’s northwest ...

DAVID STEINER FIRST NOTICED THEM at his Suisun Marsh duck club, Joice Island Mallard Farms, a couple of years ago. "You'd see this animal swimming with just its head above the water," Steiner said.

SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — 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 ...