The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp, but first it has to deal with the legacy of pollution at the ...

Multiple species of invasive Asian carp could wreck the Great Lakes. Trump memorandum commits federal government to action, urges states to move ahead.

When boats go by, silver carp are known to catapult themselves multiple feet into the air, posing a projectile threat to both equipment, and people. Imagine dozens of 20+ pound fish jumping 10 ...

The Chippewa and Black rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway for invasive carp to travel.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologists don't think the large jumping fish that anglers have seen recently at Lake Bloomington are Silver carp, a type of Asian carp that could harm ...

A jumping carp strike can cause serious injury to anyone on board a vessel.” WFF said invasive carp outcompetes other native species for food and habitats, including the state’s important game ...

DeFord founded the downstate fundraising fishing tournament in 2005. Loud motors can scare invasive silver carp into jumping up to 5 feet in the air, sometimes leaving boaters with bloody noses ...

"The fish that feed our sport fish care." Their jumping behavior also poses a threat, as silver carp—one of the four species—jump when startled, often by boats. Some carp weigh as much as 50 ...

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the Great Lakes. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ...

The find stemmed from a July tip from anglers who spotted jumping fish at the Dells Dam on the lower Chippewa River in Eau Claire, according to a DNR news release. Silver carp famously jump out of ...