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St. Paul — It appears the threat of the highly pathogenic avian influenza has subsided in Minnesota, both in the wild and in captivity, where 9 million birds died or were depopulated due to the virus, according to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Only two wild birds were confirmed to have died from the […]

Urbana, Ill. — Adult Asian carp aren’t the only ones to feel “woozy” at the whiff of carbon dioxide – and that could be important in the fight against the invasive species. University of Illinois researcher Cory Suski’s recent research shows that fish the size of an eyelash experience negative consequences following CO2 exposure. Suski

St. Cloud, Minn. (AP) — An experiment that started last month in St. Cloud State University’s Aquatic Toxicology Lab expands upon 2012 studies that determined fish might be affected by pharmaceuticals entering rivers and lakes through wastewater treatment plant effluents. Details of the 2012 study, led by Heiko Schoenfuss, laboratory director and St. Cloud State

Traverse City, Mich.  — Asian carp could become the most common fish in Lake Erie if the ravenous invaders develop a breeding population there, while popular sport species including walleye and rainbow trout likely would decline, scientists said. A newly published study based on computer modeling projected that bighead and silver carp, which are Asian