It’s a sure bet that the first brave soul who popped a slithering snail in his mouth was hungry. How about the first guy to swallow a raw oyster or slurp up fish eggs? These foods are not only edible ...

The diversity and complexity of life on Earth is miraculous. Each species is designed to exist in specific ecosystems. Too often, these ecosystems become invaded by non-native species, or invasives.

There’s a foreign fish that’s so invasive and destructive to the Mississippi River Basin that the federal government plans to pour a billion dollars into barriers to keep it from infesting the Great ...

Invasive species are not, by any means, a new problem on American soil. From zebra mussels to boa constrictors, they’ve been pushing out indigenous animals for centuries. Louisiana chef Philippe ...

BATON ROUGE – Building off a state-developed marketing plan, a group of Louisiana-based companies has started a joint venture that will put Asian carp on retail shelves within weeks. The fish are ...

Asian carp may be a problem in the Great Lakes, but in Louisiana they are renaming it silver fin and promoting it as a delicacy. Chef Philippe Parola says the Asian carp's texture is a cross between ...

From the Gulf to the Great Lakes, from Denver to Knoxville, Bighead and Asian Silver carp have overtaken manmade lakes and large sections of rivers threatening the ecosystem and the multimillion ...

La vigilance est de mise mais il n'y a pas, à ce jour, de raison de s'inquiéter Pour le professeur Philippe Parola, chef de service Maladies infectieuses à l'IHU Méditerranée, la vigilance est de mise ...

Using a marketing plan developed by the state, a group of Louisiana-based seafood companies announced a joint venture last week that will put the recently branded silverfin on retail shelves within a ...