Nutria is on the menu. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently marked National Invasive Species Awareness Week with an interesting suggestion: to help protect the environment, bust out the grill.

A new source of sustenance has been added to people's diets in certain regions of the U.S. Wildlife agencies are urging locals to eat an invasive rodent wreaking havoc on the surrounding ecosystem in ...

They’re large, fast-breeding, invasive and destructive. They’re also, apparently, delicious. Nutria, which may grow up to 2 feet long, weigh 20 pounds, and eat a quarter of their body weight in ...

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — “Save a swamp, Sauté a Nutria.” Wildlife officials are proposing a special way of dealing with an invasive species wreaking havoc on Florida’s natural reserves. The nutria, ...

HOUSTON — A new campaign is encouraging Americans to consider an unusual solution to invasive species control: eating them. Launched during National Invasive Species Awareness Week, the initiative ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species -- eat them. Last month, the federal agency posted an article about "5 Invasive Species You Can Hunt, ...

What do iguanas, rodents, fish and wild boars have in common? They’re on a list of invasive species that federal officials are encouraging people to eat in an effort to limit damage to ecosystems. The ...

Eating nutria never quite caught on in the Bayou State, so Louisiana had to implement a bounty program to curtail populations of the marsh-eating rodents. That's not the case in Russia, where ...

A nutria stands partly submerged in quiet water, holding its food gently between its front paws. Its wet fur shows warm brown ...