A perfect storm of dam repairs, low reservoirs, and climate change-driven snowmelt has caused historic dryness in the Rio Grande—and havoc on the endangered silvery minnow.

It took nearly 11 years, but the Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that two unassuming species of fish found in the Rio Grande basin do not warrant federal protections.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list two species of freshwater mussels – the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot – as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and ...

The settlement mandates that Reclamation initiate a new Endangered Species Act Section 7 review — ensuring that its Middle Rio Grande operations and maintenance activities do not harm listed ...

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TUCSON, Ariz.—The Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for the Clover ...

A tiny owl that lives in the South Texas brush has received protected status from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is also proposing that two species of mussels found in the Rio Grande be ...

New Mexico biologists look to save endangered fish as Rio Grande ... water managers and environmental groups have worked to keep the fish alive — as required by the Endangered Species Act ...

Montessori Elementary students joined ecology experts on Tuesday morning to learn about water use and endangered species through hands-on activities at the Rio Grande Nature Center. "You will be ...

Texas is already home to its own cichlid species, the Rio Grande cichlid, or Texas cichlid, a freshwater fish of the cichlid family, and the only cichlid species native to the U.S. Originally ...

Rio Grande shiners are tiny, palm-sized fish. They’ve lost most of their historic range in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico to dams, rerouted rivers, water pollution and sprawl development. “The Rio ...