Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) populations have always followed a boom-and-bust cycle, with their numbers crashing in dry years and peaking after major floods.

"Southern Grille’s fried muskrat is slightly dry and stringy, but it tastes like lean, well-seasoned beef, not like your idea of a marsh-dwelling rodent," Allen wrote. To each his own.

A valuable little beast to the U. S. is the muskrat, which yields $25,000,000 worth of pelts per year. But in Great Britain the muskrat is a trial & tribulation. Last month Parliament passed a ...

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.