TRAVERSE CITY Scientists say an Asian carp discovered near Lake Michigan may have been planted there, instead of evading an electronic barrier meant to keep the species out of the Great Lakes. The six-year-old bighead carp was caught in June in Lake Calumet on Chicago's South Side. It was the first actual Asian carp found above the barrier, although scientists have reported detecting their DNA ...

New research shows an invasive fish caught near Lake Michigan may have been placed there by accident.

By JACK LESSENBERRY SPECIAL TO THE BLADE DETROIT - Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, a virtual unknown outside his city six months ago and a long-shot underdog until recently, easily won the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan Tuesday. "I'm the one real Democrat in this race, the only pro-choice candidate, the candidate for working families who will restore the Michigan we grew up in," the ...

So just what are these big bad fish everyone is afraid may ruin our Great Lakes fisheries and even lakes and rivers in Minnesota? There are many species of heavy bodied cyprinid fish collectively know in the United States as Asian Carp.