A coypu sighting has been reported on Dublin's Royal Canal - as the public are warned not to approach the animalsCredit: Getty - Contributor The creatures - which are large semi-aquatic animals with ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is recruiting coastal landowners, hunters, and trappers for a program to fight the nutria — an invasive rodent that eats so much aquatic vegetation that it threatens ...

Their chubby cheeks and whiskery faces lend them an appealing look, but Italy has declared war on its growing population of coypu, beaver-like animals that have thrived since escaping from fur farms ...

How did an orange-toothed South American beaver end up as East Anglian public enemy number one? In the first of a two-part feature, TREVOR HEATON tells the curious tale of the coypu. It all began with ...

THE nasty coypu rodent reportedly spotted in Dublin's Royal Canal is known to be "quite vicious", an expert has warned. Colette O'Flynn, invasive species officer with National Biodiversity Ireland, ...

Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

(1) Continuous monthly estimates of the entire British coypu population between 1970 and 1979 were obtained by retrospective census, based on age at death assessed from eye lens weight. (2) Census ...

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Fresh concerns have been raised over the possible spread of the rat-like coypu in Cork. The metre-long semi-aquatic rodent is native to South America, but it is believed they have been breeding in the ...

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Half a century later, in 1911, grey squirrels from England — six pairs only — were released at Castle Forbes, in Longford, for “aesthetic reasons”. The deer have spread across the island and have ...

The Tiber River winds through the city of Rome, its bricked banks a peaceful respite from the chaotic streets fifty feet above. On the banks at twilight, runners and cyclists make use of a divided ...