The Tennessee Aquarium and its partners have released more than 200 endangered laurel dace back into the wild following recent wetter weather. This past summer, drought had reduced the streams laurel ...

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SPRING CITY, Tenn. (WDEF) – They’re small, bright, and fighting to survive. The Laurel Dace, a striking freshwater fish found only in a few streams atop the Cumberland Plateau, is one of the most ...

The laurel dace lives only in a few streams in southeastern Tennessee and faced extinction as a 2024 drought dried up its habitat. Conservation biologists conducted an emergency rescue, and today two ...

A laurel dace in a stream is like a canary in a coal mine. During the past year's summer drought, the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute and other conservation-minded entities set out to rescue ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WSMV) - Wildlife preservationists successfully removed an endangered fish from streams reaching dangerously low levels in Tennessee last month. The Tennessee Aquarium said the ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Tennessee Aquarium is getting more recognition for their work to save a small, endangered fish. The Tennessee River Basin Network gave the Aquarium a “River Champions” ...

The Barrens darter is found in tributaries along 6 miles of the Collins River in Tennessee. (Bernie Kuhajda/Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute) (CN) — In shallow pools in central Tennessee, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s important to get a check-up from the doctor – and that goes for animals too. U.S. Fish and Wildlife is kicking off its five-year review to see which species face ...

In the cool, clear waters flowing down Walden Ridge, a fish no bigger than your pinky holds a story of survival, science, and community spirit. The laurel dace, a brightly colored minnow found nowhere ...