The invasive species, nutria, is a large, semiaquatic rodent increasingly found in marshes in the United States. As a part of its National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which ended on Friday ...

In Louisiana, meanwhile, the substitute for the groundhog is the nutria, an herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. “I’m not sure how they got imported to the U.S., but they may ...

You heard it right. That rodent is called *** nutria. Some refer it as *** water rat. The large semi-aquatic rodents are considered an invasive species, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.