Intensive monitoring in the Chicago Area Waterway System found no silver or bighead carp during the latest sampling effort.

There are illegal immigrants on the loose in the Midwest. Originally hailing from Asia, they’re about 3 ft. (90 cm) long and weigh up to 100 lb. (45 kg), and are known to resist capture. Once they ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tommy Goszewski, a technician with the U.S. Geological Survey, holds a grass carp taken from a pond at an agency lab in Columbia, ...

A $50 million federal plan released Wednesday for keeping hungry Asian carp from reaching the valuable fish populations of the Great Lakes calls for reinforcing electrical and other barriers currently ...

Call it "CSI: Lake Michigan." Forensic testing of Chicago's shipping channels have spawned new fears Asian carp are invading the Great Lakes. But scientists say the DNA evidence gleaned from the tests ...

The Great Lakes, which contain about a fifth of the world’s fresh water, were landlocked until the Erie Canal opened in 1825, allowing in predators like the sea lamprey that sucks the blood from ...

DETROIT — The news is mixed as Great Lake states and the federal government continue to devote money and brainpower to stopping a potential Great Lakes ecological disaster — invasive Asian carp ...

By Sifayet Ullah A faded towel draped over his shoulders, 53-year-old Khokon Jaladas sat quietly in the yard of his home.