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 ...

Think your city has a rodent problem? Then consider the nutria, a huge, "semiaquatic" rodent that looks like a cross between a beaver and a sewer rat, but with bright orange incisors. Also know as ...

Within this range, the department has more than 400 cameras that are constantly searching for nutria. This is not some Hollywood killer rat, but a rodent that likes to be left alone. Chappell saw ...