California Officials Tackle a Toothy Lake Predator
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For the last decade, California has waged a Sisyphean battle against the northern pike, a fish and a voracious eating machine.
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A proposed change in how the federal government measures water for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta has environmental groups alarmed and California officials concerned about potential harm to wildlife habitat.
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman today delivered the Salton Sea  Ecosystem Restoration Preferred Alternative to the Legislature, an  historic strategy to revitalize California's  largest lake.
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toothfish, dubbed the &quot;white gold&quot; of the sea, which is being driven to extinction by rampant poaching. other threatened species,&quot; the US-based National Environment Trust (NET) said in a report on Thursday.
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The hunt for the great white shark that killed a teenage surfer here this week was stepped up despite an appeal by his family not to kill the giant predator.
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The state's latest plan to rid Lake Davis of northern pike - and protect species downstream - raises concern.
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An alien species of catfish has been caught in the Delaware Raritan Canal, prompting fears among environmental officials that the voracious predator could devastate native catfish, sunfish and some sturgeon populations the way it has in southeastern states.
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By JAKE RIGDON Journal Staff Writer  Sandoval County has an illegal dumping ordinance written specifically for the area where a number of coyote carcasses were found this week.
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By LEE TOLLIVER,  It's wahoo time.  The offshore waters of Virginia and North Carolina have been teeming with wahoo - long, slender, toothy critters that resemble a barracuda on steroids.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An exotic animal with a long snout, bear-like claws and a tail like a raccoon scared the heck out of some narcotics investigators searching a home for drugs.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 3--For a pip-squeak of a fish, Delta smelt are becoming a whale of a threat to California's water supply.
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In Japanese villages each year, local fishermen hunt for large numbers of dolphins by herding them into shallow coves and then, scientists say, attacking them with knives and even eviscerating them alive.
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By DANIEL WOOLLS  MADRID, Spain - Every beach-goer's nightmare - the jellyfish - faces a new enemy in Spain under a plan to create an armada of recreational boaters to spot the stinging blobs along the coast and summon help.
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By Matt Weiser and Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 3--The fate of a water supply serving two in three Californians has come down to tides, temperature and the mysterious movements of a tiny fish.
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By Justin Miller, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 7--September 7, 2006 - Salmon anglers looking to haul in bright, fresh fish might want to think about heading to the Sacramento River.
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By Sandy Bauers, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 21--As soon as he viewed the photo -- those fanglike teeth, like something out of a horror movie -- John Lundberg knew what the mystery creature was.