There was a time when the laurel dace, a type of freshwater minnow, inhabited eight streams on Walden's Ridge around Dayton and Spring City, Kuhajda said. Now, the fish inhabits just two streams.

Texas is home to some of the biggest fish ever caught, from ocean predators to freshwater giants. But with new deregulations ...

Surveys in 2008 found only 460 dace remaining; thanks to a fire that decimated the Warm Springs Oasis in summer 2010, the fish's survival hangs in the balance. Because of the threats of development, ...

In coordination with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and with assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Georgia, about 300 Laurel Dace — the majority left ...