Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin
(AP) -- It's been a tough fight for the whisker-snouted sturgeon.
Ecology
Apr 23, 2010
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Va. sturgeon may be key to ancient fish's recovery
(AP) -- Researcher Matt Balazik wears his passion for saving the Atlantic sturgeon on his right arm - a tattoo of the ancient fish - and lives it by counting the bottom-feeding giants in the James River.
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2010
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Living fossils? Actually, sturgeon are evolutionary speedsters
Efforts to restore sturgeon in the Great Lakes region have received a lot of attention in recent years, and many of the news stories note that the prehistoric-looking fish are "living fossils" virtually unchanged for millions ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2013
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Fossil of 72-million-year-old sturgeon discovered in Edmonton
A 72-million-year-old sturgeon fossil has been discovered in Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley, the first fish material of any kind found from that time period and in that geographical area.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 11, 2024
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How fish evolved their bony, scaly armor
About 350 million years ago, your evolutionary ancestors—and the ancestors of all modern vertebrates—were merely soft-bodied animals living in the oceans. In order to survive and evolve to become what we are today, these ...
Evolution
Jul 17, 2023
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After more than a century, endangered shortnose sturgeon find historic habitat post dam removal
Endangered shortnose sturgeon have rediscovered habitat in the Penobscot River that had been inaccessible to the species for more than 100 years prior to the removal of the Veazie Dam in 2013.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2015
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Construction of new rock spawning reefs will help Great Lakes native fish
(Phys.org) -- The first of nine rock reefs is under construction in the St. Clair River delta northeast of Detroit. The goal of the project, which is led by Michigan Sea Grant, is to boost populations of lake sturgeon and ...
Ecology
May 14, 2012
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First-ever sturgeon fossil found in Africa
A fossil of a "royal fish"—estimated to be more than 66 million years old—is the first ever to be found in Africa.
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 26, 2023
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WWF releases 11,000 sturgeons to restock Danube
WWF has released 11,000 threatened sturgeons in the Danube river to restock Europe's last wild sturgeon populations, the conservationist group said on Tuesday.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2014
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Sturgeon's death highlights threat to ancient fish
(AP) -- Alas, poor Harald. Wired up to a satellite transmitter, he had much to teach science about the life of the great sturgeons of the Danube River and Black Sea.
Ecology
May 31, 2011
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