It's one thing to get a goldfish because your daughter begs for one. It's quite another to end up with a hundred-pound rodent who has more than 2,700 Twitter followers. Caplin Rous is a capybara.

Fittingly for a movie borrowing its title from the 1987 fairy tale comedy "The Princess Bride," the nutria documentary "Rodents of Unusual Size" starts with a once-upon-a-time. Whether it concludes ...

The title of this engaging and informative documentary refers to the nutria, a large, rat-like mammal native to Argentina that was brought to southern Louisiana in the early 20th century with the aim ...

It’s the stuff of bad dreams. Giant rodents with Cheetos-orange teeth are swarming through the coastal U.S., damaging almond trees, golf courses and even the occasional bridge. The nutria, a ...

"Rodents of Unusual Size" I have to hand it to the "Rodents" directorial trio Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer. They've made a little gem that covers the waterfront on sensitive issues ...

Call them rodents of unusual size. The North American beaver, the region's largest rodent and the world's second-largest rodent, can reach up to 4 feet long and weigh in at 70 pounds, according to the ...

It’s man vs. swamp rat in Rodents of Unusual Size, an award-winning documentary about the invasion of coastal Louisiana by hordes of “nutria” (or “coypu”), a semiaquatic beaver-like rodent native to ...

It's one thing to get a goldfish because your daughter begs for one. It's quite another to end up with a hundred-pound rodent who has more than 2,700 Twitter followers. Caplin Rous is a capybara.