Invasive rodent plaguing California may have been deliberately released. Here's the theory

The nutria, an invasive rodent plaguing California, may have been deliberately released. Wildlife experts have a theory on ...

Giant rodent 'deliberately' reintroduced in California, experts fear

Giant rodent that could devastate California wetlands was ‘deliberately’ reintroduced to population, experts fear - Nutrias ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Small Rodent Hero Left a Giant Legacy. Now, Cambodia Honors This Famous Bomb-Sniffing Rat With a Seven-Foot Statue

Magawa the African giant pouched rat cleared more 1.5 million square feet of land mines during his five-year career, making ...
People

5 Things to Know About the Capybara, the World's Largest Rodent

Mysterious sightings in California have sparked a renewed interest in the "master of the grasses" After a capybara was sighted recently at a California wastewater treatment plant, the public's ...

Escaped capybara, largest rodent in world, becomes social media sensation

She’s a free woman — and loving life! A female capybara that has been missing for nearly two weeks has become a social media sensation. Nine-month-old Samba escaped from England’s Marwell Zoo on March ...
Natural History Museum

Lynx and rodent photo wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year public vote

A photo of an Iberian lynx playfully throwing its prey in the air has been crowned the winner of the Nuveen People’s Choice Award 2026. Titled Flying Rodent, the image by Josef Stefan soared to first ...