Huge and rare Mekong catfish spotted in Cambodia, raising conservation hopes
Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and ...
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Hellbenders proposed for endangered species list
Eastern hellbender populations are declining, leading U.S. wildlife officials to propose endangered species status for the ...
Australian Geographic27d
Troubled waters: Australia’s freshwater fish are facing extinction
Before this study, the extinction risk of most freshwater fish species had never been assessed. The group had never been looked at overall. Researchers evaluated the conservation risks of 241 species ...
US wildlife officials propose adding eastern hellbender to endangered species list
The USFWS is inviting public feedback on a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species in certain states ...
Small New Mexico fish could get added to the threatened and endangered species list
The Pecos pupfish could get federal protections as a threatened species, which would help protect the rare fish's habitat in southern New Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is gathering public ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife says endangered Hellbender fish needed to maintain healthy freshwater
They call em eastern hellbenders, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says they play a "crucial role in maintaining ...
Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical ...
USA Today19d
'A really sobering moment:' English zoo fights extinction of freshwater Boxer pupfish
A zoo in southwest England is working to rescue a freshwater fish species ... of the freshwater species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species ...
Practical Fishkeeping4d
5 freshwater 'fish' that are probably best to avoid breeding
Like livebearers, bristlenoses breed fast and are regularly offered to shops in more numbers than they sell (and they can ...
'A really sobering moment:' English zoo fights extinction of freshwater Boxer pupfish
Whipsnade Zoo is fighting the extinction of a freshwater fish species recently found in their care by starting a new ...
Insects and other invertebrates thought to go extinct at a rate of one to three species every week in Australia
Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived in 1788 ...
Olean Times Herald1d
Federal agency proposes listing of eastern hellbender as endangered
Just as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as an ...