If there’s a spotlight on one species or season in North Dakota in May, it’s in extreme northwestern North Dakota, as paddlefish rightfully hog the spotlight for a few weeks each year. Paddlefish ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - March 9 is National Paddlefish Day, a celebration of one of North America’s most unusual and ancient fish. For decades, however, the paddlefish had disappeared from Caddo Lake, where ...
Like sharks, paddlefish have no bones — only cartilage and connective tissue to create their skeletons. Fossils of paddlefish have been found dating back 60 million years. Those fossils look very ...