Vividly colored fish dwelling at the bottom of shallow Midwestern streams may help biologists understand the evolutionary mechanisms by which species remain distinct despite their similarities and ...

A team of ecologists, evolutionary biologists and resource managers affiliated with several institutions across the U.S. has found that the snail darter, which was famously used by environmentalists ...

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Two new species of small fish were discovered in creeks outside the Birmingham metropolitan area in Alabama, according to a new study. Photo from Fouad Abou-Rizk “Brilliantly” colored fish caught in ...

The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. USFWS This one weird little fish — a beigeish critter found on sandy river bottoms in Tennessee and fond of munching on ...

Yale researchers have discovered two new species of darter — small, colorful freshwater fishes — inhabiting short stretches of creeks and streams in central Alabama. And they already know that both ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — A tiny fish has made a huge comeback in Okaloosa County. The Okaloosa Darter has been removed from the list of endangered and threatened species. The milestone was ...

Biologists are cheering the return of two species, smallmouth bass and russet darters, to a portion of the Swannanoa River. "I was optimistic that it would potentially happen," Luke Etchison said. "It ...

The Birmingham darter, though only recently discovered by science, is a survivor. The roughly two-inch long fish, adorned ...

The Center for Biological Diversity, Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black Warrior Riverkeeper today notified the U.S. Fish and ...