The Barrens darter was identified as a candidate for Endangered Species Act protection in 1994, and the Center petitioned the ...

The pipsqueak Pearl River darter is returning to its Mississippi river system after a long absence, much to the delight of ecologists.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa could soon have its own state fish. A bill proposed at the Iowa Statehouse would make the Iowa darter the state's official fish.

The candy darter has been on the endangered species list since 2018. The brightly colored fish lives in the watershed of the New, Gauley and Greenbrier rivers. It is usually found in fast, clear ...

According to the Center for Biological Diversity website the diamond darter was once found in five states: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and West Virginia, but damming and water pollution ...

Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is a genetic match of a different fish.

More efforts are being made to protect a threatened species of fish in Tennessee called the sickle darter.

The two-inch snail darter became a symbol for regulatory overreach in the 1970s. New research suggests the fish was not an endangered species — or even a species.

After 50 years, Eglin Air Force Base celebrates the success of delisting the Okaloosa darter, a fish that had been on the endangered species list.

More than 500 river miles have been designated critical habitat for a threatened fish species the Pearl darter.

The snail darter was listed as endangered in 1975 under the ESA due to the threat of a proposed impoundment for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Tellico Dam.