A team of scientists went looking for a minnow declared extinct. What they pulled from a South African river turned out to be something no one had ever documented - a small, colorful fish with a ...

A fish species not recorded in the wild for more than 20 years was rediscovered in Bolivia, providing a boost for biodiversity. As published in the journal Nature Conservation, scientists discovered ...

A fish previously declared extinct has been released back into the wild in Australia. The olive perchlet, a small oval-shaped fish with large eyes, was considered extinct in Victoria, Australia, in ...

A research team traveled to South Africa’s Umzimkhulu River in 2017 with a specific mission: find surviving pockets of the Maluti redfin minnow, a species declared extinct after introduced trout wiped ...

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 ...

As the NH State Wildlife Action Plan enters its second decade, the need to protect local species from climate change, pollution and habitat destruction continues. These eight species and others facing ...

Researchers identified a new freshwater fish species in South Africa after years of genetic testing and analysis. Zoosystematics and Evolution Zoosystematics and Evolution A team of scientists went ...