How to Fail at Fishing: The Diary of a Birder Learning to Fish

After the Birds vs Fish debate overtook the internet, one die-hard birder decides to figure out why some seemingly sane people prefer fins over feathers.

Justine E. Hausheer

The Fish Nerd’s Holiday Book List

Five book picks for the fish nerd on your list, whether an angler, freshwater conservationist or shark fan.

Matthew L. Miller

Recovery: Why Sea Lampreys Need to Be Restored and Killed

Are sea lampreys a native species to be restored, or an invasive species to be killed? Both.

Ted Williams

Meet The Magnificently Weird Mola Mola

Meet the Mola mola (aka sunfish), quite possibly the weirdest fish in the sea.

Justine E. Hausheer

Gar Wars: A Fish Force Awakens

A gathering force of fish conservationists is changing the narrative around gar, an ancient fish too long accused of crimes it didn’t commit.

Matthew L. Miller

Restoring Beavers by Plane and Automobile

Parachuting beavers? The remarkable story of restoring nature’s engineers.

Kris Millgate

More Trout, Less Algae: Wisconsin Stream Demonstrates Benefits of Targeted Conservation

In Wisconsin’s Pecatonica River watershed, conservationists have targeted conservation practices on farms where they can make the most difference for the least cost. The results benefit everything from water quality to trout.

Matthew L. Miller

Recovery: Restoring Decency to Tarpon Tournaments

Can fishing tournaments treat the tarpon, a fish nobody eats, with the respect it deserves?

Ted Williams

Two Great Fish Reads

A review of Stephen Sautner’s Fish On, Fish Off and Mark Spitzer’s Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West.

Matthew L. Miller

The (Fishery-Monitoring) Cameras Never Blink

We live in a time of unprecedented innovations to solve the Gordian Knot of sustainable fisheries: the lack of data.

Cara Cannon Byington

Satellite-Tagged Sharks Provide New Data on Gulf Migrations

Follow Nature Conservancy scientists as they tag sharks in the Gulf of Mexico to better understand their migration.

Justine E. Hausheer

What Has the Endangered Species Act Ever Done for Us? More Than You Think.

99% of species protected by the endangered species act have been saved from extinction. You read that right, 99%.

Lisa Feldkamp