Sturgeon are among the oldest fish on Earth, yet many present-day sturgeon species are at threat of extinction, with 17 of 27 species listed as “critically endangered.” Sporting an armor of five rows ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

An ancient fish, the shortnose sturgeon, was found to be living in an area where it hasn't been spotted in decades. Scientists this summer discovered traces of the fish — which has been around ...

In addition to their armored appearance, sturgeon have several characteristics that are not found in modern fish and that mark them as ancient. Though most modern bony fish have symmetrical tails ...

The world has seven continents, but do you know the largest freshwater fish in each? These creatures show the incredible ...

The San Francisco Bay-Delta and Sacramento-San Joaquin river system are home to a rare, enormous species of living fossil called the green sturgeon. The ancient fish has survived unchanged for almost ...

In recent years, this ancient migration cycle has been ... Chinese officials have made efforts to safeguard the sturgeon, including implementing a fishing ban in the 1980s and creating a ...

She posted on Facebook Monday following the catch that it was the fish of a lifetime, including several photos of the monster catch. Herzig's sturgeon was one of 82 speared on opening day.

Meanwhile, Verhagen's fish was well past spawning age at an estimated 70 to 100 years old, where a sturgeon reaches sexual maturity at 20 to 25 years old. To recap the daily summaries and harvest ...