In the closely watched and highly managed headwaters of the Muddy River, a tiny endangered fish continues to make giant strides. A population survey conducted earlier this month turned up 1,727 Moapa ...

MOAPA -- Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, but don't expect confetti or cake. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has no plans to mark the occasion, and for ...

A member of the Cyprinidae family and the sole species in the genus Moapa, the Moapa dace lives only in the warm springs of the upper Muddy River and has a distinctive leathery appearance — hence the ...

Millions of dollars are turning a former resort 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas into a working refuge for a rare, federally protected desert fish. Bulldozers are creating a parking lot that should ...

DESCRIPTION: The Moapa dace is olive-yellow on its upper side and white below. A distinguishing characteristic is a black spot at the base of its tail. It is about 4.5 to five inches long. HABITAT: ...

Things are going swimmingly for the growing population of a tiny, endangered fish that is only found in Clark County. In a Tuesday press release, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the Moapa dace ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The latest count is in for Clark County’s most endangered fish, and the results are mixed. While researchers were relieved to see the Moapa dace population holding steady at 1,138 ...

(CN) - Though some say it might harm the endangered Moapa dace, the Ninth Circuit refused Thursday to stop a five-year water diversion test in southeastern Nevada. The Nevada state engineer had ...

LAS VEGAS — The latest count is in for Clark County's most endangered fish, and the results are mixed. While researchers were relieved to see the Moapa dace population holding steady at 1,138 adult ...