The giant Chinese paddlefish, sometimes known as the Chinese swordfish, has officially gone extinct due to disruption from human activity, a new report has found. The species was declared extinct in a ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has officially verified that the Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon are extinct on their list of threatened species. The Chinese paddlefish ...

(KTVI) – A nine-state federal undercover investigation, which included Missouri and Illinois, goes well. More than 100 suspects were charged with a very unusual sounding crime: poaching Paddlefish.

(Gray News) - An angler reeled in a world-record paddlefish at the Lake of the Ozarks on Sunday. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, Chad Williams caught a 164-pound, 13-ounce ...

Imagine catching a giant, prehistoric fish whose ancestors swam during the time of dinosaurs. That is a reality for thousands of paddlefish snaggers during Missouri’s annual spring paddlefish snagging ...

WILLISTON, N.D.-Anglers looking to tangle with the biggest fish in the Missouri River are lining the shorelines in northwest North Dakota this week for paddlefish season. "It's a rush," said Randy ...

Once a delicacy eaten by Chinese emperors, one of the world's largest freshwater fish just went extinct. Nicknamed the "water tiger" and "panda of the Yangtze," the Chinese paddlefish is reportedly ...

Researchers say that the last fish of its kind likely died between 2005 and 2010 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...