Some tiny Southern fish and the lumbering grizzly bear are dramatizing divergent sides of the debate over adding and removing animals from Endangered Species Act protections. Kicking off a series ...

KODAK, Tenn. — A fish listed as an endangered or threatened species for decades was officially removed from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The U.S ...

It became clear the efforts to rescue the Okaloosa darter were paying off when, in April of 2011, it was announced that the fish was being reclassified from endangered to threatened.

The fish gained fame in the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case of Tennessee Valley Authority vs. Hill. Conservationists sued to stop the Tellico Dam near Lenoir City, from being completed because it ...

A Fish and Wildlife Service plan to protect the tiny trispot darter foreshadows larger and louder fights over the agency’s moves on other threatened species. During a subdued public comment ...

The Center, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Clinch Coalition and other groups petitioned for protection of the candy darter in 2010, and the fish finally gained Endangered Species Act ...

A Tiny, 'Endangered' Fish Delayed a Dam's Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn't So Rare After All Story by Eli Wizevich • 3mo ...

The Birmingham darter differs from other related fish in that it has long, black blotches on its side. The authors say both new species are extremely restricted in their ranges and thus vulnerable ...

The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. USFWS This one weird little fish — a beigeish critter found on sandy river bottoms in Tennessee and fond of munching ...

The candy darter has been lost from at least half its range. There are 18 surviving populations, only five of which are considered to be healthy. The fish was originally known from 35 populations and ...