Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Midwestern states are spending millions every year to ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, ...

In the past 15 years, wildlife officials have removed 50 million pounds of invasive carp from the Illinois River. That’s equivalent to roughly 5,000 elephants. The removal is part of a broader and ...

"Doubles!" said Adam McDaniel, right, as crew members pulled two silver carp out of Missouri's Lamine River in late September. McDaniel is an aquatic resource scientist and boat operator for the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ar. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources are mapping the spread of invasive black carp throughout the Mississippi ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the capture of 323 invasive carp Nov. 30 in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River, near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Species captured were 296 silver ...

The recent capture of more than 300 invasive carp in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis. — by far, the biggest single catch so far upstream — has renewed calls for stronger efforts to stop ...

It’s a nightmarish scenario that unfortunately could become real: an invading group of 30-pound fish leaping 10 feet into the air out of the once-calm waters of Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge’s popular ...

The new carp plan calls for increased research and monitoring with more commercial netting and potential barriers to slow the invaders' spread. Silver carp jump in the Illinois River when spooked by a ...

Anglers in Indiana are now permitted to catch and kill invasive carp 24/7. A new, free permit allows large-scale removal of invasive species in the state, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources ...

WISCONSIN (WQOW) - The Wisconsin DNR is asking anglers to be on the lookout for invasive silver carp after they were detected in the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. According to a press release from the ...

TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. — The DNA of two invasive fish species were found in a lake just an hour away from Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KYFW) partnered with ...