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Style & Design Your Next Cowboy Hat Might Be Made of Swamp Rat As beaver becomes harder to come by, suppliers and hatters are exploring a more sustainable (but less cute) option: nutria.

Nutria — which resemble a cross between a beaver and an over-sized rat — can grow to be two feet long, with an additional 1 ½-feet of tail, and weigh up to 20 pounds. They have brown fur, a ...

Today, July 1st, is the national day of Canada, the country whose sovereignty is symbolized by the beaver. Happy Canada Day ...

“Beaverland,” by Leila Philip, offers an appreciative account of the North American rodent, whose habit of taking down trees and causing floods has given it a reputation as a nuisance.

The nutria, also known as a coypu rat, nutria rat, river rat or swamp beaver, and by its Latin name myocastor coypus, is native to South America but was brought to the United States in 1889 for ...

Water boards combat tunneling muskrats and beaver rats January 21, 2025 A muskrat. Photo: Depositphotos.com. Dutch water boards say they have increased their efforts to combat muskrats and coypu after ...