Warren Poirier was fishing off the Outer Banks on June 7 when after a 45-minute battle he reeled in a massive 56-pound, ...

Scientists at UVA’s Coastal Research Center are restoring critical ecosystems – and inspiring the next generation of ...

Endangered Species Act protection would make funding available to recover the fish. Fifty years after the passage of the Endangered Species Act, several freshwater fish that were once protected have ...

A network of expanding sinkholes along Big Stoney Creek continues to devour portions of Norcross Road in Giles County, ...

West Virginia is home to a wide variety of fish, but the largest species is facing population difficulties.

Darters eat small macroinvertebrates, such as mayflies and caddisflies, which allow the species to grow large enough and eventually become prey for larger fish like bass and trout.

WAYNESBORO — A new National Wildlife Federation report identifies three Virginia fish species that face serious threats from the effects of climate change, including brook trout, a popular South ...

A man in Bowling Green, Virginia, caught a rare blue-mouth chain pickerel from a private pond in Caroline County. Experts say the fish's coloration is a genetic mutation.

Illegal fish stocking at Virginia reservoir raises concerns about impact on native species by: George Noleff Posted: Dec 16, 2022 / 04:55 PM EST Updated: Dec 16, 2022 / 04:55 PM EST ...

Big Rocky Run, at Eleanor Lawrence Park in Chantilly, was the stage for a recent demonstration of stream monitoring and fish identification for Virginia Master Naturalist trainees during a day of ...

After a review of scientific research, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ranked the candy darter as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in November of 2018.