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 ...

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 ...

A zoo is spearheading a dramatic conservation effort to save a rare fish species from extinction - after discovering it had the last one. Keepers at Whipsnade Zoo were told the world’s last ...

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 ...

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 ...

Donate now. Good news for one of nature’s rarest and unlikeliest species: The critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish has been making a resurgence after a very close brush with extinction last ...

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.