Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that may have ripple effects.

Trevor Starks stands in the Neosho River holding a rare mussel. He’s smiling because this find is his first evidence that the mussel, a Neosho mucket, is surviving here eight months after he and other ...

Little Colorado River is drought-stricken and diverted, flowing from Arizona’s White Mountains across the Painted Desert. Rare species are in danger.

IOWA, USA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has documented the federally endangered pallid sturgeon in the Des Moines River for the first time. Biologists collected two of the rare fish this ...

The News 9 Team presents the news of the day, stories of interest, and the current weather forecast. In a rare pull from the water, an Oklahoma man managed to reel in a one-in-a-million catfish from ...

Found only in the Ozarks, this one-of-a-kind fish is giving anglers a reason to cast their lines in the Illinois River. The Illinois River has long been a destination for fishing and floating, but for ...

The beauty of nature can often be mysterious and surprising, especially when observed in the wild. A huge cluster of rare orange and black fish were recently spotted on camera doing something out of ...

WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in ...