The Oregon chub has been to the brink and back, earning a place in history as the first fish to ever leave the endangered species list. Federal and state fish and wildlife officials will meet Tuesday ...

Rub-a-dub-chub...one rare fish that lives in only four states will no longer need protection under the Endangered Species Act. In 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency started studying the status of ...

The Oregon chub, a two-inch minnow found only in an Oregon valley, is seen in an undated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) handout. REUTERS/USFWS/Handout via Reuters/Files By Courtney Sherwood ...

PHOENIX — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed stripping the Gila chub of its Endangered Species Act protections on Monday. However, the Center for Biological Diversity opposes the removal, ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An endangered fish found in the Colorado River basin is on the upswing, federal officials said Tuesday as they proposed reclassifying the humpback chub as threatened. The fish that ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday proposed that the Oregon chub, a small minnow native to Oregon’s Willamette Valley, be removed from the endangered species list created by the 1973 US ...

A rapids-loving, odd-looking native fish found locally in the Colorado River is now officially considered to be at a reduced risk of extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday said it ...

DENVER — The humpback chub, a rare fish found only in the Colorado River basin, has been brought back from the brink of extinction after decades of protection, though work must continue to ensure its ...

Of the nine chub species native to the Southwest, all are listed or proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act — except for the roundtail and headwater chubs. It ...

The humpback chub, a native fish that calls the Colorado River Basin home, went on the endangered species list in 1967. But that could change soon, a possibility that has some wildlife groups ...

Making history, the Oregon chub became the first fish ever removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Animals on Tuesday. The minnow, unique to the state’s Willamette River Basin, was ...