Every angler feels satisfied after catching a bighead carp. This fish from the carp family is quite challenging to see. One ...

A bighead carp was caught by a commercial angler in third week of February on the Minnesota River near New Ulm, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The 25-pound male fish ...

A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally ...

On Thursday, April 19, commercial fishermen working near Prescott, Wis., netted a 30-pound bighead carp from the St. Croix River where it flows into the Mississippi. One of several nonnative ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a commitment from the Trump administration that federal funds earmarked for invasive carp ...

Bighead and silver carp are now within 47 miles of Lake Michigan, according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Rock Island Illinois District and the states of ...

Invasive carp, introduced to the U.S. in the 1970s to control weeds and algae, escaped confinement and spread through waterways, threatening ecosystems. Four species – bighead, silver ...

The Des Plaines River at Brandon Road had been identified as a “critical pinch point” where experts hope layered technologies will deter the upstream movement of silver and bighead carp ...