For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. — Hess Lake has an algae problem. Fewer carp could be the solution. On Tuesday, researchers pulled hundreds of the bottom-feeding fish from the shallow Newaygo County lake, ...

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the ...

My Administration is committed to protecting the Great Lakes — the world’s largest surface freshwater system, and a highly valued shipping avenue, resource for fishing and recreation, and source of ...

A coalition of organizations is developing an innovative and expensive engineering project at the 96-year-old Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River south of Chicago to block invasive carp ...

It was not the largest carp to have been caught at Bluewater Lakes this week, which is remarkable. But the bright-orange behemoth reeled in by Andy Hackett on Thursday was definitely the most striking ...

The electric barrier in the Chicago River meant to keep invasive silver and bighead carp from reaching the Great Lakes does not block other types of invasive species, according to a recent study. The ...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — "There is something seriously wrong at Creve Coeur Lake," a 5 On Your Side viewer recently told the station. Conservationists said they were right but for the wrong reasons.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An invasive fish that's getting dangerously close to the waters of Lake Michigan, is slowly finding a new fate in the form of a dog treat. And pets are taking the bait. "There are ...

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the ...