The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are part of a decades-long effort to restore a ...
Researchers on the Cumberland River say they are seeing signs of a quiet comeback from one of Tennessee’s oldest ...
Sturgeon, and sturgeon fishing, is having a resurgence in southern Minnesota. That includes what should be a state ...
A rare, prehistoric find on the South Carolina coast baffled beach goers this week. Here’s what to know about the creature.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Natalia Przelomska, Smithsonian Institution and Logan Kistler, Smithsonian Institution ...
In the eastern and central areas of North America, spanning 24 states and five Canadian provinces, a large, once-flourishing fish that was nearly decimated is making a comeback. Lake sturgeon ...
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 ...
Despite their survival through several geological time periods, many present-day sturgeon species are at threat of extinction, with 17 of 27 species listed as “critically endangered.” Conservation ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Despite their survival through several geological time periods, many present-day ...