If granted protections, the species would be the first to be protected under the current Trump administration.

The stippled studfish, a freshwater species found only in Alabama, is “swimming closer to Endangered Species Act protection” ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Concerning findings about the world's freshwater fish population, 25% are in danger of extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It's a ...

“Saving the irreplaceable stippled studfish means safeguarding the character of the Southeast’s rivers themselves,” said ...

Another rare and prehistoric fish washed ashore on Fripp Island in Beaufort County this week. Here’s what we know.

Native to the streams in the Collins River watershed on the Barrens Plateau, which runs through Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, and ...

A fish species thought to be extinct has suddenly been found in a small pond in Bolivia. The rare seasonal killifish, Moema claudiae, has not been recorded in the wild for more than 20 years and its ...

The Biden administration is being criticized for lack of urgency. Species that once thrived in North America are are rapidly on the way to becoming extinct, and as conservationists work to prevent ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other species of birds, fish, mussels and other wildlife, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list, US wildlife officials ...

There are plenty of contemporary creatures that inspire fear. For example, the northern green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world and weighs more than a football player. Should you encounter ...

An endemic killifish species native to Türkiye and classified as critically endangered has been placed under protection as ...