The DNR says there are only a few times and locations when it's legal to catch lake sturgeon. What anglers should know in ...

Decades of recovery efforts are bringing one of the Missouri's endangered and longest-living fish back to prominence according to new findings this spring. Capable of growing up to 8 feet long and ...

Department of Natural Resources crews are there too. In a typical season, Stadig says biologists could handle up to 2,000 ...

The shovelnose sturgeon is an important commercial fish in Illinois and the Midwest ... The shovelnose sturgeon commonly is found in the Mississippi and Missouri river systems.

Imagine standing at the edge of a vast, watery world where river meets sea, where the air is thick with the calls of birds ...

Missouri anglers are seeing lake sturgeon more often. The endangered prehistoric fish species is native to the Show-Me State.

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future.

The following is the first of a multi-part story, highlighting key takeaways from one of the 2025 Lake Huron Regional ...

The changes have made the lower river much more hospitable for a host of native fish species. And thanks to a DNR-led rehabilitation program that includes stocking, sturgeon are back in the ...