The Amargosa toad and Oasis Valley speckled dace live in spring-fed habitats along the Amargosa River in Oasis Valley near ...
A small fish found only in the Southern Nevada desert got a big boost this week. And it’s one that scientists hope signals a turning point for the longtime endangered Moapa dace, a finger-length fish ...
Last month, the Santa Cruz River, which travels through the heart of Tucson, gained 600 new residents. Our newest neighbors are the longfin dace, a species of small fish that lived in the Santa Cruz ...
BEATTY, Nev.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act for the Oasis Valley speckled ...
The Moapa dace is a four-inch fish that lives exclusively in groundwater-fed springs in the Muddy River area northeast of Las Vegas. (National Park Service via Courthouse News) (CN) — The U.S. Fish ...
LOS ANGELES— In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the Long Valley speckled dace under the Endangered Species ...
In the cool, clear waters flowing down Walden Ridge, a fish no bigger than your pinky holds a story of survival, science, and community spirit. The laurel dace, a brightly colored minnow found nowhere ...
The Tennessee Aquarium and its partners have released more than 200 endangered laurel dace back into the wild following recent wetter weather. This past summer, drought had reduced the streams laurel ...
A laurel dace in a stream is like a canary in a coal mine. During the past year's summer drought, the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute and other conservation-minded entities set out to rescue ...