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 shaping it over 1,000 years.

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Not many people know the solenodon and the hutia, yet for the fortunate few that have encountered them, these strange little-studied mammals—just ...

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – To many, the Hutia commonly referred to as a Banana Rat, is just that – a rat. There is little public knowledge about it. Troopers at Joint Task Force Guantanamo were asked if ...

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 people ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. New genetic research of museum specimens has found that the large rodents known as hutias on Cuba are two distinct species, not one as previously ...

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, a large ...