Caviar is not something most people think about being harvested from the St Johns River. Yet, we do have sturgeon that can produce caviar present in the river. Historically, both Atlantic and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TURNERS FALLS, Mass. (WWLP) – Evidence of a prehistoric fish on the endangered species list has been detected in the Connecticut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shortnose sturgeon belly flops on Kennebec River, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ...

James Garner spent weeks diving in the Connecticut River, looking for genetic material from shortnose sturgeon. The species wasn't considered to exist in Vermont waters until this year. For years, ...

The Kennebec River in Maine's capital city of Augusta is known for its population of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon. The fish sometimes leap completely from the water, as at least one did on ...

The Connecticut River is home to an ancient denizen of the deep, the shortnose sturgeon. The fish is a kind of living fossil, perhaps one of the oldest animals. Some scientists think sturgeon date ...

This story was originally produced by the Keene Sentinel. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. Scientists recently found evidence that a federally ...

For decades, experts had thought the shortnose sturgeon ? a primitive, bottom-dwelling fish? had vanished from the Chesapeake Bay?s rivers. But when a pregnant female fish turned up in the Potomac ...

For years, reports have come in from southern Vermont of potential sightings of a prehistoric fish called shortnose sturgeon. The species is covered with bumpy ridges, can grow nearly the length of a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -South Carolina is home to two federally endangered fish: the Atlantic sturgeon and the shortnose sturgeon. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is ...