The Mississippi River basin and other waterways that connect to the Great Lakes are infested with invasive Asian carp. Studies have identified the most likely aquatic paths for Asian carp to reach the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Asian carp, an invasive species accidentally introduced into the Mississippi River Basin in the 1970s, have become a significant threat to Arkansas's aquatic ecosystems and ...

Symposium on Invasive Asian Carps in North America: a Forum to Understand the Biology and Manage the Problem (2006 : Peoria, Ill.) "Proceedings of the Symposium, 'Invasive Asian Carps in North America ...

Since their introduction into the Mississippi River Basin by accident in the 1970s, invasive Asian carp have grown to pose one of the greatest economic and ecological challenges facing the river's ...

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, ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas wildlife workers are keeping up the pressure on an invasive species that has invaded one of the state’s most important rivers. Biologists with the Kansas Department of Wildlife ...

Instead of the doomsday hand-wringing demonstrated by editorialist Christopher Evans (Forum, Sunday), it seems to me that Great Lakes ecologists should be hiring a few good home economists to help ...

"They do destroy habitat." Fishermen raise alarm as harmful creatures wreak havoc in waterways: 'They are a scourge' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The dreaded Asian carp are back in the news today. The five Great Lakes states—Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio—suing to beef up anti-carp defenses scored a legal victory ...

Conservationists and wildlife officials have been policing the porous border between the Mississippi watershed and the Great Lakes for years. Their main concern: preventing Asian carp, an invasive ...