There are several invasive species that still pose a threat in the United States today. One of them is the nutria. Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents that are native to South America.

Nobody knows exactly when, but nutria rodents began inhabiting ... to trap the nutrias after they were designated as an "invasive alien species" causing harm to the ecosystem.

The recent discovery of a nutria in the Sacramento-San Joaquin ... damage to the region’s fragile ecosystem from the invasive ...

Nationwide, nutria destroy more than $1 million in crops annually, according to the Texas Invasive Species Institute. Despite their healthy-sounding names, nutria are also known to carry ...

In part due to a shortage of wildland firefighters, local fire departments are often asked to respond to fires on federal ...

According to one estimate, invasive species account for an astounding 95% or more of the estuary’s total biomass. The nutria — a large water-loving rodent from South America — has spread through the ...

Turn nutria rodents into game animals ... understand the difference between an endangered species and an invasive species. Which is why some of us in Arkansas would like to bring back the red ...

These insects are crop pests and pose a serious threat to the crop industries such as corn, grains, wheat, cotton, fruit, ...