The endangered minnow only lives in a handful of creeks above Spring City, Tennessee. When drought nearly wiped out the last ...

Tennessee is home to six venomous creatures. Here's a list of what they are and what to do if one crosses your path.

Penguins chicks are on the horizon and dragons are flying into the IMAX theater at the Tennessee Aquarium. It's peak penguin ...

Freshwater makes up less than three percent of Earth’s water supply but is home to almost half of all fish species ... wildlife that live in them. 1 of 8 Tennessee dace turn vibrant colors ...

At one time, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) considered the catch a world record. But no photos of the fish ... The fish was weighed by a Tennessee wildlife officer on certified ...

the drinking source for communities within the Tennessee Valley. Additionally, many other species’ survival depend on freshwater mussels, such as fish, birds, and mammals like raccoons and otters.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...

He was initially victorious in protecting the fish: In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled that “the Endangered Species Act prohibits impoundment of the Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam ...

a group of University of Tennessee students and their biology professor discovered the snail darter in the waters downstream. Two years later, the fish was declared an endangered species under the ...

In their study, published in the journal Current Biology, the group used standard species determination ... the University of Tennessee discovered a previously unknown fish living at the bottom ...

In the late-1970s, a small freshwater fish known as the snail darter made history when its newly acquired status as an endangered species helped to temporarily block construction of the Tellico Dam in ...