TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — 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 ...

A recent discussion about Asian carp as a food source has generated some concerns about the level of contamination in their fillets, and thus, whether or not they are safe to eat. Several Indiana ...

Bryce Caron grew up catching carp while fishing in Tennessee. He’d throw them back, he says: they were bottom-feeders with an “overgrown catfish kind of flavor.” But there are several different kinds ...

, known as Asian carp, feed on plankton which is the base of the aquatic food chain. Not to mention, these carp have mad hops. Yes, they have the tendency to jump into moving boats. Try to imagine a ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Columbia, Mo. — On a mucky riverbank, perhaps ...