Top definition. buck. 1.v: slang for the act of fighting. 2.v: slang for disagree'ing and feeling angry towards something. 3.n: slang for a young black man. 4.n: a male deer. 5.n: slang for money. 1. me: Ray was bucking at lunch..
Officially Listed as Endangered, Sturgeon Are on the Slow Way Back. January 31, 2012 Brad Sewell. Our oceans are home to any number of remarkable, even bizarre, creatures. Today, one of the countryâs largestâthe Atlantic sturgeonâhas officially been protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Stellate Sturgeon Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic. Stellate or âstarryâ sturgeons live in salt water but return to freshwater rivers to breed. These ancient fish are now extinct in the Aegean Sea, and the surviving Black and Caspian Sea populations are being decimated by fishing, much of it illegal.