Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...

August begins and ends with a full moon. This month's full moon, nicknamed the Sturgeon Moon, rises on Aug. 1 this year and reaches peak illumination at 11:32 a.m. PT — and fortunately for lunar ...

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The Buck Moon referred to the time of year when the male deer's antlers are in full growth The Sturgeon Moon was when "The Great Lakes and Lake Champlain sturgeon were said to be most readily caught." ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Saturday, April 12. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT April 13), but local ...

Large summertime aggregations of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the Great Lakes area inspired one folk name for the August full moon – the sturgeon moon. Woodland Era pottery remnants ...