Lake sturgeon were found spawning in April near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam along the Mississippi River in West Alton, Missouri. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption ...

Once abundant in North America's Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River, lake sturgeon populations have plummeted. This juvenile lake sturgeon was photographed at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery ...

In April, as she was getting ready for church, she got an urgent phone call from a colleague - lake sturgeon were spawning along the banks of the Mississippi River near St. Louis, where we're now ...

Learn about the iconic Mississippi River: its vibrant river history, crucial role among US rivers, diverse ecology, and the ...

Sturgeon eggs sits on a rock held by Sarah Peper, Missouri Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, along the Mississippi River in West Alton, Mo.

Scientists say lake sturgeon — a prehistoric fish listed as an endangered species in Missouri — have been consistently spawning in the lower Mississippi River near West Alton in recent years.

A lake sturgeon that was tagged in a Wisconsin river years ago has traveled so far down the Mississippi River that it’s taken biologists from two different states to track it. In a Facebook post on ...

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the sturgeon moon is directly related to giant-sized, lake sturgeon, a North American freshwater fish that was common throughout the Mississippi River Basin ...

Smith: Shovelnose poaching on the MIssissippi highlights need for Wisconsin sturgeon protections Six violators, five from the MIlwaukee area, pled guilty to charges related to an illegal take that ...

Lake sturgeon are native to the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes drainages, the Mississippi River basin and even the Hudson Bay drainages. Originally, ...