Sturgeon eggs are considered a delicacy when eaten as caviar, leading to their illegal harvest in the Black River.

Wisconsin’s statewide lake sturgeon population is one of the healthiest on the planet. (Go underwater into the overlooked world of freshwater animals.) Theirs is a comeback story that sturgeon ...

The lake sturgeon, with its sleek shape and rows of bony plates on its sides, looks a bit like an armored torpedo. These freshwater giants have greenish-grey coloring and elongated, spade-like ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO— A federal court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a determination by 2024 whether imperiled populations of lake sturgeon will be protected under the Endangered Species ...