Scientists from the University of Notre Dame, The Nature Conservancy, and Central Michigan University presented their findings of Asian carp DNA throughout the Great Lakes in a study published in the Canadian Journal of Fi ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 1

A newly released study says Asian carp may be reproducing in more places and for longer periods than previously thought.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—A new government study says live Asian carp don't have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 20, 2013 not rated yet 0

Many animals prefer food—snails, nuts, etc.—that must be cracked and crushed. Scientists have measured the maximum force of their impressive bites before, but a new study introduces a significant subtlety: bite force ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 12, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

As the Asian carp population grows and the threat of the invasive species entering Lake Michigan through one of the Chicago canals is monitored, a University of Illinois researcher believes using two barrier ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Methods used to eradicate feral pigs and goats in Hawaii, Australia, the Galapagos Islands and southern United States could be employed in Minnesota to fight the Asian carp invasion.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 18, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 12

(Phys.org)—One of the more promising ideas for controlling or eliminating troublesome Asian carp populations in the Midwest's rivers is impractical and unsafe, according to a Purdue University researcher.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 21, 2012 not rated yet 2

(Phys.org)—A new University of South Florida study of house sparrows, which have become one of the world's most common invasive species, is providing scientists with physiological and behavior markers that ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 11, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Shooting a fish flying through the air with a bow and arrow isn't as hard as you would think. At least, not when it's a 20-pound Asian carp -- and there are so many the one you got wasn't necessarily the one ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 12, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 2

After Brian Griffin pulls his boat out of West Loon Lake, a couple of weeds dangle from his trailer and propeller.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 09, 2012 not rated yet 2

Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2012 2.3 / 5 (4) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Louisiana red swamp crayfish and common carp are two of the most invasive species on the planet yet how they interact has only recently been revealed by scientists at Queen Mary, University ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a "dire threat" to the region's ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2

Asian carp should be permanently cut off from Lake Michigan by sheet pile or impermeable land bridges, effectively re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a study set to be released Tuesday by a coalition ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications.

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 16, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 0 |