The scientists were extremely concerned. Scientists sound alarm after witnessing disturbing change in near-extinct species: 'We just knew that there weren't very many left' first appeared on The Cool ...

Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico. “We went into this thinking that there was one species of conservation ...

Keepers at Whipsnade Zoo were told the world's last remaining Boxer pupfish resides in their care. The species' official IUCN status classifies the fish as Near Threatened until a recent survey by ...

Other pupfish species are also inbred, the researchers found, but only between 10% and 30% of their genomes are identical. Graduate student David Tian, lead author of the study, said that the ...

Experts at the charity took delivery of more than 50 boxer pupfish eggs before Christmas, from Whipsnade Zoo, as part of efforts to safeguard the species. They have now hatched and are thriving.

By Alexander Nazaryan When it comes to sheer resilience, few, if any, species can match the tiny Devils Hole pupfish. Cyprinodon diabolis, as the species is known, has the most ruthlessly ...

Boxer pupfish are one of seven pupfish species native to that specific habitat. Whipsnade Zoo aquarists were recently told by conservation partners that that the world's last remaining Boxer ...

The pupfish are now only found in the upper 80 feet of the cave on an 11-foot by 16-foot shallow shelf in the cavern’s entrance. This is the smallest habitat of any vertebrate species on Earth.

The Devils Hole pupfish is famous in conservation circles. It was one of the first species to be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. After nearby development threatened to ...