Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
- Written by Natalia Przelomska, Research Associate in Archaeogenomics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Sturgeon can be several hundred pounds each.cezars/E+ via Getty ImagesSturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal scutes and a sharklike tail fin, this group of several-hundred-pound beasts has survived for approximately 160 million years. Because their physical appearance...