“People see a beaver, they think they’re kind of cute, right? ‘Yay, let’s make fur out of it.’ But they see a nutria and it just looks like a big rat.” When Gammage Torres has ...

It is also referred to as a coypu, coypu rat, nutria rat, or swamp beaver. While nutria may look cuddly from a distance, they usually weigh in at around 11-22 pounds (and are often more than 20 ...

An invasion of dangerous three-foot rat-like creatures with orange teeth is wreaking havoc across California, threatening the safety of residents and the state's economy. Nearly 1,000 nutria - one ...

I didn't even have to search for a nutria: One simply materialized before my eyes. This particular specimen was too large to call a rat. It was not in a pack, and the way it swam freely left no ...

rat-like tail thinly covered in bristly hairs; and noticeable white whiskers that protrude from either side of their nose. Nutria are native to South America. They were originally brought to the ...

Nutria – or coypu – can spread tapeworm and tuberculosis while burrowing through flood defenses (Picture: Gerard Soury/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images) Disease ridden rat-like creatures with ...

These rodents are often easy to mistake for beavers or muskrats, but their most distinctive features include large front teeth that are yellow to orange; a heavy, rat-like tail thinly covered in ...

This critter is dam’ lucky. A “diva” beaver named Nibi will get to live out her days in the Massachusetts wildlife rescue she calls home — thanks to officials who stopped a plan to release ...

Nibi the rescue beaver may be able to stay with her rescuers after an emergency injunction was filed on her behalf in Massachusetts on Tuesday. Nibi was supposed to be taken by MassWildlife ...