Scientists: Discovery of young, wild black carp troubling

Monday, March 7, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The discovery of two juvenile black carp in a ditch connected to the Mississippi River in Missouri is the first troubling sign the invasive species is reproducing in the wild and becoming more of a threat to already endangered mollusks and some native fish, scientists say.

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