Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...

Slimy sculpin are an unassuming cold water stream fish in desperate need of a major public relations makeover. “Slimy” in the name alone is one strike against them (they really aren’t slimy). The ...

While trying to identify a photo of a fish sent to me by my friend Captain Tom Testaverde, I misidentified it as an oyster toadfish. It turned out to be a northern stargazer. Stay tuned next week for ...

There’s another invader wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem, and it’s a slimy fish with a voracious, indiscriminate appetite. Like so many other invasive species, such as iguanas and pythons, ...

A friend of mine, Tom Testaverde, who is captain of the fishing vessel Midnight Sun, recently sent me a photo of a fish he caught in his net while fishing for squid near Rhode Island. I honestly had ...

Thousands of silvery fish called grunion could wash up at beaches in Southern California next week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. The beaching is part of the species’ life ...