Sturgeon, and sturgeon fishing, is having a resurgence in southern Minnesota. That includes what should be a state catch-and-release record shovelnose sturgeon, caught on Oct. 24.

Discover some of the freshwater species that together make the St. Lawrence a thriving river of life despite its cold ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A fish that once thrived for 150 million years was driven to the "brink of extinction." It's undergoing a slow, but sure, comeback. "Lake sturgeon were declared endangered in the ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Tennessee Aquarium embarked on a conservation program to help bring back a locally extinct ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Kennebec River in Maine's capital city of Augusta is known for its population of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon. The fish sometimes leap completely from the water, as at least ...