The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species -- eat them. Here's what Nutria, iguana and Northern Snakehead tastes like.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has targeted these species as more than just threats to local ecosystems. They're also delicious.

A recent study co-authored by UW professor and freshwater ecologist Julian Olden found a direct connection between the introduction of invasive freshwater fish and the decline of beta diversity in

US wildlife officials have urged citizens to consider adding nutria to their diets in an attempt to control the population of the "invasive" species. Nutria are a large semi-aquatic rodent native to South America.

It resembles a small beaver or very large rat, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service would like to see more of them go into gumbo. Nutrias, semi-aquatic rodents native to South America, are an invasive species found in around 18 states,