Smelt are running in the Sandy River and Oregon is opening a rare 7-hour dipping season

Smelt dipping will be allowed in the Sandy River from the mouth up to the Stark Street Bridge on Wednesday between noon and 7 p.m. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the short season ...
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Kansas biologists are bringing back rare mussels, fish and turtles to our rivers

Trevor Starks stands in the Neosho River holding a rare mussel. He’s smiling because this find is his first evidence that the mussel, a Neosho mucket, is surviving here eight months after he and other ...
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Rare endangered sturgeon species found in Des Moines River

IOWA — A federally endangered species of fish has been collected for the first time from the Des Moines River. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said two pallid sturgeon were discovered in the ...
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Broken spillway yields stacked fish and a rare river monster

Fishing duo Cole & Jay trek to a broken spillway where they find stacked fish and a rare river monster lurking in the debris.

A 200-kilogram Amazon river fish that produces 'milk': Scientists explain the arapaima’s surprising parenting secret

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both size and appearance. The arapaima, also called the “pirarucu,” is one of the ...
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Wild Yangtze: Echoes of Life from the River's Rare Species

BEIJING, China, December 29, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- The video series "Wild Yangtze" documents how cities along the Yangtze River are working to restore habitats and protect rare species. These efforts ...