Genetic testing links California nutria to Oregon, suggesting someone set them loose
New DNA evidence suggests California’s nutria problem didn’t begin with a few animals quietly outlasting the state’s eradication…
Destructive nutria that resurfaced in California were likely brought in on purpose
Wildlife officials now think the nutria that reappeared in California were likely not natural arrivals, deepening the state’s…
Invasive rodent plaguing California may have been deliberately released. Here’s the theory
State wildlife officials have finally come up with a theory to explain where a giant, highly destructive rodent…
Giant rodent that could devastate California wetlands was ‘deliberately’ reintroduced to population, experts fear
A destructive, invasive giant rodent may have been deliberately reintroduced in California, posing a serious threat to the…
CDFW News | CDFW Research Links California’s Nutria Invasion to Pacific Northwest Population
Study Also Informs Eradication Efforts, Offers Toolkit for Future Research Worldwide Scientists with the Wildlife Genetics Research Unit…