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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Inland Fisheries Division has stocked nearly 27 million fish, comprising 17 ...

For most bass anglers, reeling in a trophy largemouth is a lifetime achievement. Ross Gomez, a fifty-year-old corrections officer and musician, can lay claim to two catches in that size class: a 13.22 ...

Bass are thick in the shallows and fun to crank in, with good numbers of largemouths taking advantage of warm waters and ...

Some monster catches have been made recently by South Carolina fishermen judging by results at an NFPL tournament and an ...

The government estimates that NOAA’s projects and services support more than one-third of the nation’s gross domestic product. Yet, this is one of the agencies that the Trump administration has ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently shared a list of the five invasive animals that people can hunt, catch and cook. Chefs and hunters shared their insights.

From the Everglades to the Keys, Florida is teeming with life, but with human encroachment, some species are being pushed to ...

WHITE PELICANS (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) are a normal springtime sighting of big birds as the spring season continues to ...

A cave diver's paradise, the Bahamas is home to an extensive network of life-sustaining underwater caverns chock-full of history—and a whole lot of mystery.

With the South’s long, hot summers and refreshingly cool, spring and rain-fed rivers, it’s no surprise that tubing has become ...

Canada, with its two million freshwater lakes and shared Great Lakes, holds about 20 percent of the planet’s freshwater ...