Let us know what you think. By The New York Times UPDATED September 3, 2015 The Cuban hutia, a button-nosed, furry rodent the size of a dachshund, is said to be shy by nature. But the hutias we ...

But in Cuba, where a larger, more exotic rodent runs wild, Ana Pedraza and her husband prefer the hutia. With a rope-like tail and long front teeth, the hutia looks like a giant rat, only cuter ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a curious case study in how human food preferences can drive biodiversity, sometimes ...

Geocapromys ingrahami, the Bahamian hutia, flourished on the islands for millennia, but today, only one population of remains. Ancient DNA reveals a human side to the hutia's story: Indigenous ...

Hungry for hutia? Humans' taste for this Bahamian rodent shaped its diversity over 1,000 years -- an example of how what we like to eat can chart the course of a species. The Bahamian hutia ...