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The state of Illinois received two small parcels of land near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in a ...

Bighead carp, Black carp, and Grass carp were introduced to Arkansas fish farms to limit algae growth, but some escaped, ...

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An Asian carp flies in the air as the splash from another carp splashes upward on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, near Hartford, as they try to swim upstream past the spillway on the Cahokia Diversion Canal.

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

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Silver carp is big, unwieldy and requires Joe Greendyk to use both hands ...

Joe Greendyk, a seasonal fisheries technician with the Illinois Natural History Survey, measures a silver carp as he and other researchers use electric currents to stun fish to study invasive carp ...