For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

One of the 'world's rarest' fish species that was presumed to be extinct, the Chel snakehead, was rediscovered in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal in 2024.

It is a fierce fighter with sharp teeth that is known to eat fish of all kinds as well as frogs, snakes ... like diamonds, which are made of inorganic salt, like those of many now-extinct fish.

Australia in 1929 North Central CMA 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 ...

This find is making fish-tory. A rare fish species thought to have gone extinct in the early 20th century was recorded three times in 2024 by researchers in India, according to a newly published ...

Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades. The last sighting of the Chel snakehead, or Channa amphibeus ...

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And voracious exotics like bullfrogs, which eat the snakes, have added to the species' woes. The Center launched our campaign to protect Mexican garter snakes under the Endangered Species Act in 2003.

“The Fish and Wildlife Service ignored its own science ... failing to protect species like the southern hognose snake until they’re nearly extinct,” said Stewart-Fusek. “If we want a real chance at ...