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 ...

He says he likes to keep an eye on the lake sturgeon spawning below. "I see a few of them. Last year, they were here on May 10th, with a ton of them. Not quite as many this year, but they're here.

In a story by local CBS affiliate WCCO about a record-breaking lake sturgeon captured by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, reporter Bill Hudson said, "At 87.5 inches long and weighing ...

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 ...

Capable of growing up to 8 feet long and weighing 300 pounds, lake sturgeon once thrived in the Missouri River before being driven to the brink of extinction by overfishing and habitat loss in the ...