Nutria itch results when the larvae of roundworms living inside nutrias (coypu rats) enter a person’s skin. It can cause a severe rash, itching, and swelling. People who work in wetlands and marshes ...

"Down here, people understand this. But we could get paint thrown on us in New York," said New Orleans costumer, jewelry maker and flea market maven Cree McCree, discussing the very real possibility ...

Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents native to South America with coarse brown fur, webbed feet, and a pair of long front teeth with orange tips. Larger than muskrats and smaller than beavers, two ...

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. Maybe you’ve heard that old urban ...

Most of our readers have never seen a nutria in real life, or even have a clue what one is. That's OK — you aren't missing too much if this describes you. Nutrias are sizable swamp rats with big ...

This brown, fuzzy critter with its distinctive orange buck teeth may look cute, but it's causing all sorts of trouble — in Germany, and across Europe.The nutria, also known as a coypu or swamp beaver, ...

(KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently spotted swimming in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The state’s Parks and Wildlife Department later identified it as a nutria — but just what the heck is ...

SACRAMENTO — The invasive rodents known as nutria, spurred by California's wet winter, have been spotted on Sherman Island in Sacramento County. California Fish and Wildlife was first on alert about ...

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California’s most-destructive and least-welcome swamp rodents have arrived in its fifth-largest city. To be precise, they’ve arrived in the stretch of San Joaquin River that traces Fresno’s northwest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KXAN) — A mysterious animal was recently ...