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 ...

Maryland biologists got a real-life brush with a local legend this fall when they caught “Chessie” — the largest female Atlantic sturgeon ever recorded in their Marshyhope Creek gillnetting survey — ...

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 ...