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 ...

On the morning of December 22nd, 1938, a young museum curator in East London, South Africa, found something on the deck of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

For six years, Palisade High School students have helped protect endangered fish through a hands-on program raising them.

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 ...