Nutria can also have devastating effects on our ecosystem. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife states that while ...

California representative Josh Harder even brought a taxidermied nutria to a recent committee ... would be leading the charge to eradicate swamp rats, but this is a real issue, and we have to ...

Nutria, which may grow up to 2 feet long and weigh 20 pounds, were discovered in the Central Valley as early as 2017, after going undetected for 40 years in California. But recently they’ve ...

Imagine a rat-looking creature weighing about ... that can detect the faintest scent of nutria scat. Nutria were first detected in Northern California in 2017, mostly in Merced County.