Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...

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

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 ...

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters ...

As an ancient predator with a long ... Beluga sturgeon is historically the largest freshwater fish on Earth. This sturgeon once grew over 23 feet and weighed thousands of pounds, though modern ...

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

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 ...