Murray cod numbers have bounced back across much of Victoria and NSW, and that's good news for the whole Murray-Darling Basin ...

Australia plans to introduce herpes virus into Murray River to kill invasive carp that has depleted native fish Sydney: A strain of herpes, Australia’s longest river, and millions of tonnes of dead ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...