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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walter Heathcock retrieves a nutria; swamp rats feed ­heavily on the root systems of marsh grass. I CAN’T HELP but be transported ...

Ever eaten a bullfrog for the greater good? There’s a word for it: invasivorism, “the practice of eating invasive species to help control their populations and restore balance to ecosystems.” This ...

Of the 1,680 nutria taken by members of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Nutria Eradication Program over the past two-and-a-half years, a whopping 663 (39.4%) have been hunted down in ...

The US government is adopting the Viking mentality in its new approach to curbing the ever-growing population of a massive rat-like rodent — recommending that people try to turn it into a delicacy.

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 ...