Two rare sturgeon have been returned to China for special care and treatment following the death of three other sturgeon, originally gifts from Beijing
The United Nations watchdog on endangered species said Friday it is launching a database to track the international trade in caviar and tackle its illegal trade.
The Convention on International...
Russian police seized almost half a tonne of contraband caviar worth an estimated $600,000 as it was being smuggled through a military airfield in black rubbish bags, the interior ministry said on...
Sturgeon are the elusive gentle giants swimming in the deep dark corners of the lakes, rivers and estuaries in the northern hemisphere. The 27 species (depending on who is counting) of sturgeon...
Rising demand for a fast-dwindling delicacy, the legendary caviar of the Caspian Sea, has created an unprecedented poaching frenzy for the sturgeon that produces it, law enforcement officials and...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has lifted a one-year ban on exports of caviar from stocks of beluga sturgeon and two species of sturgeon...
Three men struggle to lift a squirming, nearly 2-meter (6.5 foot) gray fish with a pointy nose and distinctive jagged spine and spill it into the green waters of the Caspian Sea.
Off it swims...
The federal government said Friday it will give protected status to California's green sturgeon, an ancient fish species that can grow to more than 7 feet long and weigh up to 350 pounds...
Floating down the Mekong in his dinghy, Zeb Hogan is on the ultimate fisherman's quest: to find the world's largest freshwater fishes.
The American biologist's search is to take him to 10 rivers...
