NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- While scientists have been battling to keep a ravenous, invasive fish species out of the Great Lakes, some worry that spring floods along the Mississippi River may be spreading the ...

In late July, a team of researchers set out on the Mississippi River near La Crosse to lay a new kind of trap for invasive carp. The researchers hope it will prove to be another tool to fight the ...

Oklahoma will now pay $100 to anyone who catches a certain invasive fish within the state. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation announced the bounty for anyone who catches and reports a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eating invasive species to help protect native animals and ecosystems. Invasive species can have a significant economic impact, costing the U.S. billions of ...

NATIONAL (WEHT) – Black carp, which are an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin. A new study is the first to ...

A 12-foot-1 alligator killed Sept. 3 in Mississippi is captivating state wildlife experts, not for how big it is, but for how big is used to be. It more than doubled in size since being fitted with a ...

Invasive silver carp have been spreading throughout the Mississippi River Basin since their introduction a half-century ago. Yet, try as they might, the fish have not advanced beyond a particular ...

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More than 300 invasive carp were pulled from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis., in late November, the largest single capture of the nuisance fish in Wisconsin and Minnesota waters to date.