The prehistoric shortnose sturgeon wasn't considered to exist this far north along the Connecticut River until scientists found genetic material from the fish this summer.

Researchers confirmed sightings of shortnose sturgeon fish in the Connecticut River by using eDNA after launching a survey following reports of community sightings.

GREENFIELD — For decades, it was assumed the federally endangered shortnose sturgeon did not live upstream of the Turners Falls dam on the Connecticut River, although two confirmed sightings in ...

A shortnose sturgeon population of 10,000 spawning adults has been considered at a low risk of extinction. According to Bain, the Hudson River population exceeds the accepted threshold by a wide ...

Sturgeon are ancient fish that have been around for 201 million years, giving them the title of “modern fossils” quite easily. They usually live in freshwater, but some species feed in brackish ...

The shortnose sturgeon has been considered endangered since 1967 and was previously thought to live only as far north in the Connecticut River as Turners Falls, Mass.

NOAA has begun placing Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon information signs at popular river access sites, the first of which were installed at Riverfront Park in Bellows Falls. These show anglers ...

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 ...

His decades as principal investigator for Connecticut River shortnose sturgeon research at Conte Lab ultimately led to his lead authorship of “Life History and Behaviour of the Connecticut River ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday new research that estimates the population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River to be nearly 70,000 ...

The shortnose sturgeon still exists 75 years after the dam created “adverse” environmental issues, the report states, and conditions should improve with proposed changes.

Shortnose sturgeon were once numerous in the Connecticut River watershed, before widespread habitat loss and the construction of large dams. The species is over 70 million years old.