They not only documented the recovery of nine sturgeon species and subspecies but also provided a comprehensive look at the history of the ancient fish’s decline from pollution, dams and overfishing.

One of 17 sturgeon species belonging to the Acipenser ... and this relic of the dinosaur era is sometimes dubbed a "living fossil.” Chinese sturgeons can grow to enormous proportions, with ...

A show performer dressed as a mermaid learned the hard way recently that sharing an aquarium tank with enormous sturgeon is not safe. The accompanying footage, captured in China, shows the mermaid ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, about 70 million years ago, sturgeons have remained essentially unchanged — large, impressive fish that can live to be 100. But the longevity of the sturgeon in the ...

200 million years old, older than dinosaurs,”says Dwayne Shaw, Executive Director of the Downeast Salmon Federation. Both the Atlantic and Shortnose Sturgeon are native to Maine. But for years ...

On a spring day 66 million years ago, paddlefish and sturgeon swam in a river that meandered through a flourishing landscape populated by mighty dinosaurs and small mammals at North Dakota’s ...

A combination of water resources and dedicated people have succeeded in helping lake sturgeon thrive while they have failed ...

If they turn up enough evidence, they can estimate the population and distribution of the sturgeon. The creatures have been around since the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs roamed Earth and the ...

Atlantic sturgeon are making a surprising comeback in the Chesapeake Bay ... as powerful as a scene from Jurassic Park—these monster fish (measuring up to 14 feet long and 800 pounds) literally swam ...