MISSOURI, USA — An "environmental ticking timebomb" threatens the Mississippi River and Missouri's waterways. A new kids' book offers a potentially simple and effective solution. Carp were introduced ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, ...

ST. LOUIS — Cod, catfish and shrimp will find their way to St. Louisans' plates as fish fry season officially kicks off on Feb. 14. However, a fish not often offered on menus is becoming a larger ...

A group of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission invasive carp specialists patrol the Cache River in eastern Arkansas. Credit: Lucas Dufalla / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Since their accidental introduction ...

In September 2025, a rumor circulated online that migrants in the U.K. were eating swans and carp from the country's parks, lakes and rivers. When Ferrari asked whether the cats and dogs rumor was ...

DUNNVILLE, Canada — Finally, something to unite President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponents and the Canadians he's threatening to annex: a ferociously hungry carp. Invasive carp, sometimes called ...

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Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Credit: Ryan Hagerty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...