Biologists Worried Over Alien Fish in U.S.
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A fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems was found in Chicago's Burnham Harbor, alarming state biologists.
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Exotic animals captured in the wild are streaming across the U.S. border by the millions with little or no screening for disease, leaving Americans vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist act.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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WASHINGTON - People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers said.
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Americans were cautioned about  eating fish from more than one-third of U.S. lakes and nearly  one-fourth of its rivers last year due to pollution from  mercury and other chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection  Agency said on Tuesday.
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By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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By LEE BERGQUIST  When a deadly fish virus popped up in a pair of lakes last month, it became the latest in a growing tide of Great Lakes invasive species to litter Wisconsin's inland waters.
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Millions of casual US anglers are having are larger than appreciated impact on sea fish stocks, scientists claim.
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Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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WASHINGTON - Scientists say abnormal "intersex" fish, with both male and female characteristics, have been discovered in the Potomac River and its tributaries across the Capitol Region, raising questions about how contaminants are affecting millions of people who drink tap water there.
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Export trade threatens snappers, conservationists claim Conservation groups have warned that Texas's unprotected turtle species are at risk from unrestricted collection of snappers destined for Chinese gourmets, Reuters reports.â¦
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By JOHN FLESHER  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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CHICAGO - Biologists plan to use large nets and traps this week in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to search for the northern snakehead - a type of fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems.    Experts from Chicago's Field Museum and the Army Corps of Engineers were to begin searching for the unwanted snakehead Friday, but mechanical difficulties halted the survey's start...
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North American wildlife species ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a study released on Monday.
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Americans may sometimes wonder whether any branch of the federal government has been left unpoliticized. Among the latest to claim attention is the Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), charged with safeguarding plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act.