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 ...

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 U.S. state of Maine has launched a new program designed to help Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon recover in Maine waters. “This work will develop the research necessary to support recovery of ...

Scientists recently discovered shortnose sturgeon in a stretch of the Connecticut River in southern Vermont, where they hadn't been confirmed for decades.

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.

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.

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 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 ...

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.

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 2017 ...

This Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, file photo shows fall foliage as recreational anglers fish on the Connecticut River near Rocky Hill, Conn. Researchers have detected evidence of shortnose sturgeon ...

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