Rare, endangered prehistoric fish washes ashore in SC for 3rd time in 2 months. Here’s where

Another rare and prehistoric fish washed ashore on Fripp Island in Beaufort County this week. Here’s what we know.
Sports Illustrated

Lake Sturgeon Fishing: How to Catch the Biggest Freshwater Fish in the Midwest

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...
Iowa Public Radio

2 fish swam to Ottumwa. The Iowa DNR calls it a milestone for the ancient species

The bottom fish is the federally endangered pallid sturgeon; the top is the more common shovelnose sturgeon. The color of the pallid is a whitish gray, and the "nose" is more elongated. The Iowa ...
The Gazette

To learn more about rare lake sturgeon, Iowa researchers turn to another prehistoric fish

Iowa DNR seasonal worker Trevon Zeman stands at the bow of a boat looking to net sturgeon during an electro-fishing river survey for endangered species in the Cedar River below the dam at ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Quest for big lake sturgeon ends with catching a personal-best freshwater fish

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The Gazette

Researchers studying habits of Iowa’s ‘important, iconic’ shovelnose sturgeon

Iowa DNR seasonal worker Trevon Zeman holds a shovelnose sturgeon as he and Iowa DNR fisheries biologist Chris Mack work an electrofishing river survey in the Cedar River below the dam at ...