This furry little guy is a muskrat. The semi-aquatic animal, classified as a rodent, is found all throughout North America and lives by rivers — like the Delaware — and marshes or lakes. They can grow ...

The muskrat, a stocky brown rodent the size of a Chihuahua - with a tail like a mouse, teeth like a beaver and an exceptional ability to bounce back from rapid die-offs - has lived for thousands of ...

After close to eight decades, platters heaping with pieces of deep-fried muskrat won't be passed among diners at Lower Alloways Creek's fire hall this year. "We're just putting a pause on the ...

FILE -- Ben Ochsenkehl of Midland and his grandfather Ron Gotham of Buena Vista Township trap muskrat in a section of Crow Island State Game Area along M-13 in Zilwaukee Township. They have been ...

The culinary appeal of the muskrat, a wetlands-dwelling mammal, was not up for debate during the Monroe Boat Club’s annual muskrat dinner. “It’s actually very good,” said longtime patron Gary Bondy.

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit-area Roman Catholics have one more dining option during Lent than most other followers of the faith. The culinary appeal of that item, however, is up for debate. A long-standing ...

In parts of South Jersey, January is the month for Muskrat dinners. For more than 75 years, the fire company in Lower Alloways Creek, in Salem County has been holding its dinner. Tickets were once so ...

Ronald White stared at me. "You're going to try it for your article aren't you?" I stared back, knowing that I now had to. "OK," I said. "Fix me a plate." The owner of Ellendale's Southern Grill ...

CLARE COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man gave himself up when he took to Facebook to brag about his illegal killing of a muskrat. According to an official DNR report, the incident occurred in early-April ...

YONKERS - A plaque at Van der Donck Park in Larkin Plaza claims that the exposed Saw Mill River is a muskrat habitat, but the rodents are usually hidden. On Monday morning, however, a muskrat was seen ...

CRISFIELD, MD — Muskrat trapping season is synonymous with muskrat eating season for some people on the Delmarva Peninsula. In Somerset County, this culinary heritage runs deep. Renee Mears, owner of ...