Water samples from the Mississippi River downstream from the Ford Dam in Minneapolis have tested positive for genetic material from silver carp, indicating the invasive Asian species may be present in ...

While most eyes have been on the Great Lakes as the likely route for an Asian carp invasion into the Northland, the creatures already may be making a back-door move into the region up the St. Croix ...

ST. PAUL -- New tests showing Asian carp likely are not colonizing Minnesota waters should not slow efforts to stop the invasive fish, experts say. "The results certainly don't say we should be doing ...

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 ...

Like all great supervillains, the Asian carp have their origin story. The fish were imported from Asia—where they’ve been raised in aquaculture for thousands of years—to the Midwest in the 1970s, ...

Consider the Quad-Cities as doing a taste test to determine if there's some use for what many consider the bane of the Mississippi River basin and potentially the Great Lakes ecosystem: the Asian carp ...

A few years ago, after interviewing Jerry Rasmussen, fisheries biologist with the Rock Island office of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, I distinctly remember thinking that invasive Asian carp may be ...

Methods used to eradicate feral pigs and goats in Hawaii, Australia, the Galapagos Islands and southern United States could be employed in Minnesota to fight the Asian carp invasion. "It should work," ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- -- These fish jump. Oh, how they jump. It's common for an Asian carp to leap four feet out of the water and flop into whatever may rumble into its path, be it watercraft or ...

Of all problems facing Minnesota, attempting to stop -- or slow -- the Asian carp from further invading the state's waters should be at the top of the list. The reason: The environmental disaster ...

President Obama is bringing some help to Michigan and other states hoping to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Mr. Obama has signed into law a ban on bringing bighead carp into the U.S. The ...