DETROIT – Care for a plate of slimehead? How about some orange roughy? It's the same fish, but one sounds much more palatable than the other. The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service gave the ...

Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, infesting numerous rivers and ...

You’re in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River? Here’s the catch: They’re the same thing ...

Throughout the country, the names of birds, moths, and geographical sites are being changed as Americans reconsider the outdated stereotypes and racist connotations some of these names may carry. The ...

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - A wholesale fish dealer from Platteville has been convicted of illegally selling invasive carp. The case is the first-ever in Wisconsin involving the illegal sale of Asian carp. A ...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Standing on a windy bridge over the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Illinois, Scott Whitney shows off a diagram of what he calls the gauntlet. Pictured is a half-mile-long ...

They wouldn’t be among the prettiest fish. In fact, some folks would say common carp are just plain ugly. These giant members of the minnow family were native to Europe and Asia, and were introduced ...