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In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the invasive silver carp.

After a grueling 76 hours of non-stop fishing, the 17th annual Wild Carp Classic is in the books. More than 100 anglers representing 39 teams from as far away as Texas and Florida participated in the ...

CHICAGO - The city was in a predicament. By the late 1800s, the slow-moving Chicago River had become a cesspool of sewage and factory pollution oozing into Lake Michigan, the source of drinking water ...

CICERO, Ill. - Armed with sprawling fishing nets and boats equipped with electric prods, state and federal fisheries biologists began a "search-and-destroy" mission in Chicago-area waterways Wednesday ...

The state of Illinois has pressed pause on a barrier designed to keep invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes, saying it can no longer count on the federal government to honor its funding ...

After several months of back and forth, officials announced Monday that Illinois had signed a partnership agreement that will allow construction of the $1.15 billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project to ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A poisoning operation aimed at rooting out the voracious Asian carp in a Chicago-area river before they make their way into the Great Lakes didn't turn up any of the ...