The Great Lakes may be home to some fish that were alive around the turn of the century. The 16th century. Findings by a team of researchers from Michigan State University, Michigan Technological ...
Lake sturgeon are considered one of the oldest species of freshwater fish in North America, but a new study suggests they ...
China's recent economic boom has come at the cost of polluted landscapes and newly endangered species, and now a new study explains how another species has been left teetering on the brink of ...
White sturgeon have been through a lot. These giant, ancient fish that once lived among dinosaurs have survived a meteor strike, shifting continents, and the arrival of humankind. More recently, ...
For centuries, lake sturgeon have moved quietly through the rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes region, growing slowly and aging in a way that has been difficult to measure. Their lives can stretch ...
All 26 remaining sturgeon and paddlefish species are threatened with extinction according to today’s IUCN Red List update. The new assessment carried out by members of the IUCN Sturgeon Specialist ...
KINGSTON, Tenn. — If you cast your line into the Clinch or Tennessee rivers these days, you might be lucky enough to hook a rare lunker straight out of the Cretaceous Period! Just 21 years ago, though ...
An Atlantic sturgeon preserved more than 100 years ago with straw and creosote is part of the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa ...
One fish truly has a unique place in history, particularly because it has managed to exist on earth in some form since prehistoric times. We are referring to the sturgeon, a family of bony fish that ...