A group of 12-year-old friends in Livonia made the catch of a lifetime when they reeled in what appears to be a rare ...

Lucille Dupont points out a weird looking item on her kitchen table. "This scale here is from the spine of the gar fish," she says. "You can take this one scale and make a flower like a tulip." ...

The fish’s thick, spongy, and highly vascular air bladder behaves like a lung to aerate the alligator gar’s blood. It also allows the fish to gulp air to “breathe” in waters with low oxygen.

After the back is removed, the sides are splayed out, to remove the organs. Parfait is careful not to pop the egg sacks. Roe is prized in many fish, but gar eggs are poisonous to mammals.

An alligator gar, a large fish that is often referred to as a "living fossil," was recently caught in Kansas—the first time the species has been recorded in the state, wildlife officials said.

The misunderstood alligator gar, reviled for its frighteningly huge, prehistoric appearance and rows of razor-sharp teeth, has been ruthlessly hunted for centuries. Now, conservationists seek to ...

The gar is a new pending world record. It’s also the heaviest freshwater fish ever landed on 2-pound test, according to the International Game Fish Association. Weston tells Outdoor Life that if his ...

Fishy business: Eleven-year-old Fayetteville student beats back Big Fish lobby's influence peddling.

The alligator gar, a torpedo-shaped freshwater fish with razor-sharp teeth, is considered a threat to local ecosystems. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

A Kentucky fisherman, Art Weston, caught a 283-pound alligator gar fish while fishing in Deep East, Texas, last month which is likely to set two records.