Scientists are criticizing the Australian government for its $11 million plan to unleash herpes on its carp population. The plan could lead to “catastrophic ecosystem crashes” and “constitutes a ...

This week, a photo showing dozens of carp piled in the back of a ute went viral online, sparking renewed interest in the fight against the destructive species. The image, taken by the NSW Fishing ...

The Australian government recently announced an unusual initiative to eradicate a long-standing animal pest problem. To rid their streams and rivers of invasive European carp crowding out native ...

Australia doesn’t have the best history when it comes to invasive species. One such animal is the European carp, which has spread throughout much of Australia’s waterways. Now, in an unlikely alliance ...

Carp, a pest fish in Australia, will be facing an epidemic sometime around 2018, at least if the Australian government follows through with a newly announced plan. The nation's deputy prime minister ...

Hello folks, on today's episode we're going to be fishing for carp. We'll be using a different set up to help with easier bite detection. Sometime when a carp bites, you'll really know it. Although ...

FILE - In this June 13, 2012, file photo, Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. Outgoing Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has ...

A coalition of conservationists, recreational fishers and farmers want Australia’s state and federal governments to get rid of European carp, or “Australia’s worst freshwater pest”, by releasing ...

Officials in Australia are calling it “Carpageddon”, an ambitious proposal to rid the country’s longest river system—the Murray-Darling—of invasive common ...

Scientists from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have been testing the virus, known as CyHV-3, for seven years to make sure it won’t have any unintended ...