State symbols can be a silly fun fact ... The tarpon is the state saltwater fish. Alaska's state fish is the giant king salmon, an ocean beauty that can weigh up to 100 pounds.

Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...

Atlantic salmon are a potent symbol of the need to restore clean, unspoiled waters that run wild to the sea. Five years after the Gulf of Maine Atlantic salmon population was listed as endangered in ...

After fulfilling their mission, the fish perish, marking the end of their life cycle. “Salmon swimming upstream is a symbol of the arrival of autumn in Shiretoko,” said Katsunori Seki ...

Atlantic salmon are a potent symbol of the need to restore clean, unspoiled waters that run wild to the sea. Five years after the Gulf of Maine Atlantic salmon population was listed as endangered in ...