The San Francisco Bay-Delta and Sacramento-San Joaquin river system are home to a rare, enormous species of living fossil ... Among the largest, longest-living fish in freshwater, sturgeon can reach ...

Recent findings show bigmouth buffalo fish have perplexingly long lives and appear to get healthier as they age. But scientists are worried their population is about to crash.

Golden mussels, a dangerous and invasive species, were recently found for the first time in North America in the Sacramento ... quality," the Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a news release ...

He later confirmed large numbers of centenarian individuals in other buffalo fish species in other parts of North America. Lackmann's interest in these fish is a departure from his previous ...