TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Live Asian carp don’t necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday that could intensify ...

State Rep. Monty Fritts, of Kingston, held an education session for people to learn more about the impact of invasive carp.

ST. PAUL -- Fast-growing and destructive Asian carp could take over most Minnesota streams and lakes if the federal government does not act soon, a U.S. senator, the state attorney general and ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Sen. Mike Jacobs wants to get Asian carp out of Illinois' waterways and onto prisoners’ lunch trays as fish patties, but first he'll have to get other lawmakers to bite. The invasive ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Midwest, Asian carp are making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The foreign invaders can grow to be 80 to 100 pounds. They're ravenous eaters, consuming up to 40 percent ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the "Asian carp" label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, ...

Eagle Marsh remains part of an Asian carp “action plan” even though its rebuilt earthen berm is considered sufficient to prevent the spread of the invasive fish. The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating ...

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, ...

The carp was found in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - just above the Lockport lock and dam. "I saw it and we netted it and brought it on board and I passed it up to the chain of command," said ...