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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Gila chub once benefited from the engineering feats of beavers living in the upper Gila River basin, whose dams created deep, slow-moving pools the chub loved. So in the late 1800s, when beavers ...

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 ...