RENO, Nev. — For 10,000 years, a tiny iridescent blue fish has lived in the depths of a cavern in Nevada’s desert. But a new study says climate change and warming waters — and its lack of mobility — ...

As reported by KJZZ, Phoenix Zoo staff say a more-than-$600 million secondary barrier would run roughly 23 miles through ...

PHOENIX — Over 450 desert pupfish have been successfully returned to their home in Ayer Lake, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). The desert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. National Park Service aquatic ecologist Kevin Wilson descends a ladder into Devil's Hole, home to one of the world's rarest fish, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Devils Hole pupfish are endangered fish that live in one of the driest places on the planet. The pupfish are now only found in the ...

After more than a year, the tiny endangered desert pupfish have returned to Ayer Lake at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. The fish were moved out of the lake as crews worked on the dam that creates the lake.

The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert cave. By Alexander Nazaryan When it comes to sheer resilience, few, if any, ...

In Nevada, a six-foot wide opening in the desert rock leads into a sprawling expanse of aquatic underground caverns, 400 feet deep. The cave, thought to be formed 500,000 years ago and referred to ...

Amargosa Valley pushes for national conservation area to safeguard desert oasis, water supply ...

Thousands of flower peepers have been tromping through Death Valley National Park since February in search of record blooms. But there’s another boom in progress: the desert pupfish. Depending on the ...

A new refuge in the California desert offers a long imperiled species its first real chance to thrive. By Sabrina Imbler The Owens pupfish, a small blue fish native to the springs in the California ...