Nathan Cooper and Pierce Parks, two 14-year-old freshmen at Memorial High School, are fishing buddies. The friends try to get ...

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 ...

While fishing in the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in eastern Texas last month, Art Weston, 52, caught a massive, 283-pound alligator gar fish that is likely to set records. At the time, he was aboard a ...