More U.S. college campuses than ever before are establishing bass fishing clubs, attracting the attention of college-bound athletes.

There are now 610 bass fishing clubs at campuses across the country, according to FLW Outdoors, an organization that runs pro fishing tournaments and started a college division in 2009. Five years ago, there were only 90, according to Time magazine. But it is not necessarily their love of fishing that's fueling the growth—it's the possibility of winning lucrative cash prizes.

Oh great. Another bass species I’ll have trouble catching...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission scientists have announced the discovery of a new bass species. The Choctaw bass first caught the attention of anglers and scientists in 2007 when the fish was pulled from the Chipola River.

It’s the scariest fish that could have made the record books.

Last month Florida state biologist Kelly Gestring netted a huge 14-pound, 3-ounce bullseye snakehead during an electric-shocking expedition in the C-14 canal in Northwest Broward. Had the fish been landed with rod and reel, it would have beaten the International Game Fish Association’s all-tackle record snakehead by 1.5 pounds.  This almost-chance-at-glory in the record books doesn’t exactly excite Kelly though. In fact, he sees it as a sign that his state (like much of the rest of the country) is losing the battle against invasive species.

After posting his "manifesto" on Facebook outlining plans for a revenge-fueled murder spree targeted at law enforcement officers, Christopher Dorner had been a fugitive in the California’s San Bernardino National Forest for nearly a week. He had already killed three people, and he would add one more murder to that tally before his reign of terror came to an end. 

On February 12, Dorner was spotted by law enforcement officers as he drove a stolen car behind a pair of school buses on State Route 38. The officers lost track of that vehicle, but they didn’t lose track of Dorner. Knowing the mountain roads well, they found him again as he passed them in yet another stolen vehicle, this one a white pickup.

When Dorner saw the officers, he opened fire spraying bullets through the front windshield and driver’s door window. Several bullets pierced the vehicle’s cabin, including one that lodged in a seat just 10 inches from the driver’s head.