LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN THE USE OF TRAPS IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEYS STEM AND OTHER AREAS IS BEING CONSIDERED INHE T US HEALTH CONGRSMESAN. GARRETT GRAVES IS WORKING TO PREVENT THIS ...

In the 1930s, fur farmers brought a large South American rodent called nutria into Louisiana, hoping to build a new industry around its soft, valuable pelt. Decades later, the same animal is blamed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is highlighting an animal that's causing ...

Nutria, a semiaquatic mammal, was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s for the fur trade. After escaping captivity, the critters, which can weigh over 20 pounds and breed year-round, proved hard ...

There probably isn't an outdoor activity that has fallen under more scrutiny than trapping. That's not necessarily a bad thing, because over the past decade, people in the wildlife management field ...

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 ...

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge announced Tuesday, Nov. 3, that it will offer furbearer trapping rights on a sealed bid basis. There will be 13 trapping units available. An individual may bid on ...

They look like scruffy, oversize rats armed with large, beaver-like orange teeth and flat noses. They’re called nutria, and they’ve ravaged thousands of acres of marshland on the Delmarva Peninsula ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife hit a milestone in its ongoing efforts to control the state's nutria infestation on Friday morning when they successfully trapped Nutria number 300 at a ...