Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

Growing up, I was fascinated (and horrified) by stories of invasive species. As a kid who wanted to be a marine biologist, the lionfish invasion off the Florida coast was heartbreaking. I couldn’t ...

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Carp are total jerks. Stalk them on the flats or in a clear river when they’re feeding ...

Invasive carp are not yet common so far upriver, and the agencies hope to keep it that way. The floating feeders will dispense food four times a day, then commercial fishers will go out to the feeders ...