Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Sturgeon are ancient fish that have been around for 201 million years, giving them the title of “modern fossils” quite easily ...

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 ...

An ancient fish is in danger, but research could salvage its future Our study used archaeology, history and ecology to describe the decline of Atlantic sturgeon. March 18, 2025 ...

Farms aim to keep beluga on the market despite a U.S. import ban. But scientists say that won’t save the species from going ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living fossils. The white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North ...

The Connecticut River is home to an ancient denizen of the deep, the shortnose sturgeon. The fish is a kind of living fossil, perhaps one of the oldest animals. Some scientists think sturgeon date ...

As fish stories go, this one is hard to beat. An ancient gentle giant of the seas presumed to be headed for extinction a little more than a century ago. Almost all 27 of its species to this day on ...

Dead sturgeon wash up on Long Island shores. Two types of fishing gear are especially deadly to sturgeon, according to the Riverkeeper complaint: Gill nets, which are set up like a fence on the ...

For decades, sturgeon numbers have fallen in the Great Lakes. But in recent years, the ancient species has been coming back.

Harvesting beluga caviar requires a decade of waiting. Sturgeon AquaFarms nurses its belugas for the 10 years it takes the fish to mature, carefully feeding and monitoring their growth.