BIBB COUNTY, Alabama -- Using the gastropod equivalent of dental records, a University of Alabama graduate student has positively identified a snail, declared extinct in 2000, as being alive in a ...

Today, the Cahaba River basin supports much biodiversity, including 121 species of fish, 38 species of mussels and 32 species of snails.

Unlike most of the nation’s great river systems, the Mobile Basin has survived with its rich biodiversity mostly intact. That is changing. ... The Cahaba River is home to 150 species of fish, ...

In 2000, the oblong rocksnail — about the size of a nickel with a yellow body and a banded shell — was declared extinct in its home, Alabama’s Cahaba River Basin.

Both Irondale Police and Irondale Fire officials say they’re satisfied with their response, especially the help they got from ...

“Rocksnails are critical to the health of the Cahaba River ecosystem and the Mobile River basin, one of the most biologically rich freshwater systems in the United States,” said Easter. “We should do ...

23-year-old identified as body found in Birmingham Water Works intake basin. ... An employee at the Cahaba Pumping Station made the gruesome discovery in an intake basin adjacent to the Cahaba River.

Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area is a place of beautiful diversity. June 1, 2017 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated May 31, 2017 at 10:27 p.m.

The teens began floating the Cahaba River, near Birmingham, at about 6 p.m. June 8 using an inflatable pool and were reported missing three hours later, Leeds Fire and Rescue officials told WBRC.

Today, the Cahaba River basin supports much biodiversity, including 121 species of fish, 38 species of mussels and 32 species of snails.