Louisiana locals love wild eats like gator & crawfish, but draw the line at nutria, an invasive swamp rat Texans are urged to eat for conservation.

FWS made a follow-up post on Feb. 27, detailing how to identify nutria by their arched backs, white whiskers, and rat-like tails. The service also reiterated the edibility of nutria meat while ...

Fried, grilled or turned into tacos, these invasive species are “surprisingly tasty” and Americans are urged to help control them one bite at a time.

An invasive rat-like rodent from South America has invaded the US, and officials are urging the public hunt, kill and eat the animals to combat the exploding population.

The U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife advised eating the invasive swamp rodent nutria as a way to combat its environmental damage. There are even recipes.

Solution to control growing rat-like rodent population may be to eat them, government says: ‘Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria’ ...

While at it, the federal agency with the mission to protect wildlife hopes everybody adopts the slogan, “Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria.” The rodent‘s meat is lean, mild and tastes like ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants people to eat more invasive species. You can get nutria, wild pigs, carp and northern snakeheads in Mississippi ...

You heard it right. That rodent is called *** nutria. Some refer it as *** water rat. The large semi-aquatic rodents are considered an invasive species, according to the US Fish and Wildlife ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population.

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, ...