Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has officially verified that the Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese paddlefish’s sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in a research paper published last week ...

The Chinese paddlefish, an ancient freshwater species that outlived the dinosaurs, has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, highlighting the risks ...

One of the world’s largest freshwater fish has been declared extinct, according to multiple Chinese media reports Thursday. The Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladius, is believed to have gone extinct ...

In this Nov. 11, 2016, photo provided by the Museum of Hydrobiological Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Chinese paddlefish specimen made in 1990 is seen on display at the Museum of ...