California is intensifying its fight against the invasive nutria, commonly known as swamp rats, as they continue to spread across Fresno County ...

H.R. 776, the “Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act,” passed 361-56. The legislation from Rep. Josh Harder ...

Petting large rodents the size of Border Terriers is – controversially – not on Metro’s ‘best things to do in Prague’ list.

Nutria can be found in large groups along the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic, but wildlife experts urge the public ...

This week, on the heels of the most captures in a single year, Congress members. Josh Harder (CA-09) and Rep. David Valadao ...

Rep. Josh Harder (D-Tracy) and Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to respond to the exploding infestation of nutria, giant swamp rats that cause massive damage ...

In the middle of the 20th century, a group of Soviet scientists set about introducing new species of mammals to the Caucasus. They imported a wide variety of species, from South American chinchillas ...

Although the adage that you’re never more than six feet away from a rat is something of an exaggeration, it’s true that they will probably be nearby, particularly in urban areas. They often exist hand ...

The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, has alerted attorneys involved in thousands of drug-related cases that rats were found eating the narcotics seized and stored by Houston police ...

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is notifying defense attorneys in more than 3,600 open drug-related cases of the rat infestation out of an abundance of caution, KHOU-TV reported.

"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a bountiful ...

Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said. It's an issue that has prompted the ...