The coypu has become a true nightmare for European ecosystems. This exotic, harmless-looking animal has rapidly invaded many ...

The coypu has become a real nightmare for European ecosystems. This harmless-looking exotic animal has rapidly invaded many European countries, including France, and their aquatic environments.

Britain’s newest animal menace is a big (larger than a muskrat), large-toothed South American rodent called the coypu (Myocastor coypns), better known as the nutria.* Already the coypu has ...

For 12 months the 18-year-old had failed to see a single coypu in the wild, so successful had the government backed campaign to wipe them out been. It therefore came as a surprise to the Coypu ...

In the first of a two-part feature, TREVOR HEATON tells the curious tale of the coypu. It all began with a dodgy fence, and a would-be fur magnate with a name straight out of P G Wodehouse.

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 ...

The coypu, which is a giant rat-like creature, was spotted on the island for the first time near Rozel in October 2022. The invasive species was eradicated in the UK in the 1980s, with Jersey ...

The Coypu was in the news last week. Rated an invasive alien species, the appearance of the large South American rodent in Ireland is unwelcome and anyone ... Saturday, 31 May 2025 ...

You can check out at any time. More info One of the metre long rat like rodents known as a coypu has been spotted in an Irish river. The mammal, full name Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic ...