Wildlife officials want residents to report nutria sightings so that damage to an already frail ecosystem can be mitigated.

Standing up to 30 metres tall, Madagascar's giant baobab trees have towered over the island for thousands of years – but as ...

These rodents are often easy to mistake for beavers or muskrats, but their most distinctive features include large front teeth that are yellow to orange; a heavy, rat-like tail thinly covered in ...

Standing up to 30 metres tall, Madagascar's giant baobab trees have towered over the island for thousands of years - but as the large animals that used to spread their seeds have died out, the trees' ...

A disturbingly large, invasive rodent, double the weight of a cat, is causing widespread concern in the Bay Area, threatening ...

199 x 109 cm. (78.3 x 42.9 in.) ...

An invasion of dangerous three-foot rat-like creatures with orange teeth is wreaking havoc across California , threatening ...

Identifying what type of rodent has taken up residence in your home or yard is the first step towards evicting these ...

Nutria, a large invasive rodent species, was recently discovered in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Contra Costa ...

Often mistaken for a beaver or a muskrat, nutria are sometimes referred to as swamp rats. The rodents can weigh up to 25 pounds and are about 2 feet long excluding the tail. One defining feature ...

“Roof rats” are slightly smaller than Norway rats at around 7 inches long but with a tail that could be as long ... that mostly feed on dead plant material and cellulose, in the form of ...

“Rats and snails and puppy dogs’ tails,” he joked ... the rodents were already established in several states, feeding on plants whose roots bind our wetlands together.