Last month, the Santa Cruz River, which travels through the heart of Tucson, gained 600 new residents. Our newest neighbors are the longfin dace, a species of small fish that lived in the Santa Cruz ...

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 ...

A small fish found only in the Southern Nevada desert got a big boost this week. And it’s one that scientists hope signals a turning point for the longtime endangered Moapa dace, a finger-length fish ...

In May 2025, Spring City celebrated Laurel Dace Day, to raise awareness for the fish through a road race, farmer's market, live music and educational booths. Hallmark had a table at the event to ask ...

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 ...

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 ...

A small native fish is swimming in the Santa Cruz River in Tucson for the first time in more than a century. Roughly 600 longfin dace, each no more than about 3 inches long, were set free Wednesday at ...

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The Moapa dace is a four-inch fish that lives exclusively in groundwater-fed springs in the Muddy River area northeast of Las Vegas. (National Park Service via Courthouse News) (CN) — The U.S. Fish ...