This uniquely American freshwater fish is found in the Mississippi River basin, the Great Lakes, and other small bodies of water east of the Great Lakes. It is a fierce fighter with sharp teeth ...

Mussels are fascinating because of their life histories, carried out on river bottoms ... and empty shells serve as nesting sites for small fish like darters. Unfortunately, for all their allure, ...

South Florida has a climate perfect for warmwater fish and reptiles. Finding temperatures to their liking, it’s no surprise that so many exotic species have proliferated. Burmese pythons are ...

The small freshwater fish lives in the Pecos River Basin of New Mexico and Texas. Conservationists petitioned in 2007 for protection for the Pecos pupfish. But it took a 2020 lawsuit for the Service ...

These freshwater giants have greenish ... catches and the closure of fisheries, as the fish only remained in the Great Lakes, and only in small numbers. In addition to overfishing, the highly ...

This means you can catch freshwater fish anywhere that isnt the ocean or a river. Additionally ... For example, if youre looking for a small fish, you should use the Fly Hook lure.

To attract fish, mussels have developed very ornate lures that resemble small prey fish ... mussel now has a very small population in the river. Federally Listed Endangered Species Six species of ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide would lack their prime source of protein without freshwater fish. Yet the lakes ...

A record bowfin was caught on a NJ creek on a warm day last month. Bowfin are living fossils as they're last survivor of a ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish ... can focus on more fish-friendly river infrastructure like safer dams and ...