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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 ...
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 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 ...
Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is a genetic match of a different fish. By Jason Nark For such a tiny fish ...
Members of Indigenous Awajun communities in Peru’s Alto Mayo assist scientists with their research, such as throwing cast nets to capture fish. 68 fish species were collected, including eight ...
(WSMV) - Wildlife preservationists successfully removed an endangered fish from streams ... extinction of this species,” explained Dr. Anna George of the Tennessee Aquarium.
In various states, steps have been taken to outlaw invasive species, such as the foul-smelling Bradford pear tree, a common sight in Tennessee ... releasing aquarium fish and plants, or exotic ...