In the murky backwaters of Alaska’s Susitna River basin, northern pike are gorging. A peer-reviewed study published in May 2026 in Biological Invasions found that invasive pike in Southcentral Alaska ...

Pike are one of the all-time underrated freshwater fish when it comes to table fare. Here’s how the Griz catches and cooks ...

Rising temperatures in a Southcentral Alaska river have led to a hungrier population of invasive northern pike, a trend that could imperil native salmon and other fish species. A University of Alaska ...

“When we ran the numbers a second time, we thought there had to be an error,” one member of the research team told colleagues after the bioenergetics model returned its results. The pike stomachs ...

Invasive northern pike have wreaked havoc in Southcentral Alaska rivers and lakes. Introduced illegally in the 1950s, they have been devouring juvenile salmon and other native species. Now a ...

An invasive freshwater fish is threatening Alaska's wild salmon stocks by devouring juveniles in rivers and lakes, the Alaska Beacon reports. Northern pike were illegally introduced to the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal and state study of two Alaska salmon streams indicates that nonnative northern pike can eat significant numbers of salmon smolt and will thrive on other species even ...

A pair of juvenile Chinook salmon emerge from the stomach of a northern pike caught on the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Rising temperatures in a Southcentral Alaska river have led to a ...