A video shared online in June 2024 authentically showed a giant rat on the loose in a New York City bodega. Rodent experts told Snopes the large rodent in the video is either a muskrat or a nutria, ...

Hollywood would have difficulty inventing a rodent as scary as the South American swamp beast that has gained a toehold in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Imagine a rat-looking creature weighing ...

If you're viewing this on the ABC10 App, tap here for multimedia. STOCKTON, California — A giant rodent is mysteriously making a comeback in the San Joaquin Valley. They're called nutria and their ...

It looks like California is about to get more money to eradicate giant swamp rats that have infiltrated the Central Valley. The House of Representatives is voting Friday on a bill that includes a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is actively promoting hunting and consumption of wild nutria as a strategy for controlling growing numbers of the invasive rodent species that are eating their way ...

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 ...