The Cumberland darter, rush darter, yellowcheek darter, chucky madtom, and laurel dace are now federally-listed as endangered throughout their respective ranges. The listing of these five fish species ...

Working closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the past few months, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday finalized the Biological Opinion that clears the way for the Corps to ...

They may be the rarest fish in Kentucky. But those pesky duskytail darters that had the nerve to reclaim five miles of their old habitat in the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River will be moved out ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Five southeastern species of freshwater fish will be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Cumberland darter, the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating 53 river miles of critical habitat for certain darters and other fish, in Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas. The fish for ...

A fish native to two Kentucky counties has received protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Cumberland darter, found in Whitley and McCreary counties and in two counties in Tennessee, was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected five southeastern fish species as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Tennessee is home to three of the species; Alabama, ...

Chucky madtom photo courtesy Conservation Fisheries International. Photos of this and other species in the 757 agreement are available for media use. “Saving mussels and fish helps people too,” said ...

SOMERSET — An endangered fish in the headwaters of Lake Cumberland probably will prevent the water level in the reservoir from being raised to the traditional summer mark for the eighth year in a row, ...

These five new types of darter have now been recognized as distinct species for the first time, which means scientists get to name them — and these particular scientists seem to have indulged in some ...

One of five fish recently proposed for the endangered list lives in a portion of Soddy Creek and its tributaries. The two-inch laurel dace lives in only six creeks on the Walden's Ridge portion of the ...