BEIJING, CHINA (CBS News)— Scientists say a giant fish species that managed to survive at least 150 million years has been completely wiped out by human activity. Research published in the Science of ...

The giant Chinese paddlefish, sometimes known as the Chinese swordfish, has officially gone extinct due to disruption from human activity, a new report has found. The species was declared extinct in a ...

WARSAW – – A few decades from now, a lucky angler posing for photos with a giant paddlefish snagged in Missouri’s major snagging waters will be smiling. The smile and giant, prehistoric fish will ...

WARSAW, Mo. - A few decades from now, a lucky angler posing for photos with a giant paddlefish snagged in Missouri's major snagging waters will be smiling. The smile and giant, prehistoric fish will ...

An Oklahoma angler hoping to snag a giant paddlefish on Saturday instead landed a bighead carp that weighed 20 pounds more than the existing world record. The 110-pound carp was caught by Gabe ...

Oklahoma’s new state-record paddlefish crushed the old mark by 10 pounds, is more than 6 feet long and it sports a belly that is beyond rotund — but the story of this catch is about more than size.

A pair of Tennessee anglers last week hooked a giant paddlefish that towed their boat more than a half-mile before it could be landed. The anglers, identified by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources ...

Researchers say that the last fish of its kind likely died between 2005 and 2010 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...

Scientists have declared a giant fish that had survived for 150 million years is now extinct. Named after its distinctive shape, experts believe the giant Chinese paddlefish has been wiped out because ...