Among the changes in Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed 2026-27 budget is a $500,000 cut to Connecticut’s fish hatcheries, and ...

Birds are among the most vulnerable. Since humans arrived, 71 birds have gone extinct, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Thirty-one of the 42 remaining endemic birds are ...

The tarpon is the state saltwater fish. Alaska's state fish is ... the largest of the state's herring species that reside in the Connecticut River and swim upstream. D.C. has its own state fish ...