Joyce described the carp as “disgusting, bottom-dwelling, mud-sucking creatures.” Although infecting carp with herpes might seem like an overreaction, Carpagedon became official policy on May 1. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Carp to Croc fishing competition kicked off on April 5 with an opening event at the Wyong Milk Factory. Source: Facebook/Wyong ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 strain of herpes, Australia’s longest river, and millions of tons of dead fish. Those are the main elements of an $11 million project to rid the Murray River of European carp, an invasive species ...