Kansas wildlife officials have an idea for how to stop an invasive fish known for its jumping ability from leaping over a Lawrence dam and swimming upstream toward Topeka, further infesting the Kansas ...

GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (STORYFUL)- A team at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources used “electrofishing” equipment to stun hundreds of invasive Asian carp near the Barkley Dam for a study, ...

NEW ATHENS, Ill. -- When silver carp first started showing up back in 1994, they were a novelty. People laughingly referred to them as the "Kaskaskia River Dolphin." Silver carp jump as high as 5 feet ...

Kentucky is going forward with using electrofishing to monitor and capture Asian carp, one of the most dangerous species of fish. In a video shared on Facebook by the Kentucky Department of Fish and ...

On a sun-soaked Wednesday afternoon outside of Winona on the Mississippi River, the roar of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) boat engines could be heard from shore. An angler spotted ...

Conservation officials say they believe an invasive fish species famous for jumping at boaters hasn’t spread into most Alabama waters. A news release by the Alabama Department of Conservation and ...

Silver carp jump when startled, sometimes injuring boaters, Missouri officials say. They are one of several carp species being targeted in a “major invasive fish removal project.” Missouri Department ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency has been putting together plans to deal with the arrival of Asian Carp, an invasive species to Tennessee waters, for five years. Not only ...

An invasive fish that can destroy an ecosystem and literally jump out of the water and into boats and people has been spotted in East Tennessee. Wildlife experts have been worried about the Asian carp ...

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — This is one fight you wouldn't win. "lt's a thirty pound projectile hitting you in the face," Fisheries Biologist Dr. Timothy Joseph said. "They have literally broken jaws." ...

Silver carp are known for leaping out of the water when startled (e.g., by noises such as a boat motor). (Ryan Hagerty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) It’s not exactly a flying fish but jumping 10 ...

Invasive fish that can produce as many as 5 million eggs are threatening several Missouri waterways. These same fish have also been known to seriously hurt boaters by jumping out of the water when ...