“Asian carp” refers to four species of fish that have become established in the U.S. over recent decades, including silver, bighead, black and grass carp. While common carp have been in the U.S. for ...

"Asian carp" refers to four species of fish that have become established in the U.S. over recent decades, including silver, bighead, black and grass carp. While common carp have been in the U.S. for ...

Asian carp are large, voracious, and invasive. After their introduction to the United States during the early 1970s to control algal blooms and snails in aquaculture ponds, Asian carp escaped and ...

A Senate amendment aimed at stopping the spread of Asian carp has been added to a bill authorizing federal water resource programs. The amendment, introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio and Pat ...

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 ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is skipping a White House summit on the Great Lakes Asian carp situation Monday because of a "previously scheduled commitment." The Obama administration last week called ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Lake Michigan may be benefiting from a bit of irony. A new study from the University of Illinois suggests that pollution in Chicago's waterways is protecting the lake from invasive ...