One of the rarest species on Earth, the Devils Hole pupfish, came close to extinction in recent months, thanks to an ...

DESCRIPTION: The desert pupfish is a small, silver-colored fish with dark vertical bars on its sides. It has a short, compressed head, an upturned mouth, a thick, chubby body, and rounded fins. Males ...

Cousins to the well-known guppy, pupfish are not only playful but are also remarkably tolerant of extreme environmental conditions. The desert pupfish is no exception. Dwelling in pools, marshes, ...

After more than a year, the tiny endangered desert pupfish have returned to Ayer Lake at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. The fish were moved out of the lake as crews worked on the dam that creates the lake.

PHOENIX — Over 450 desert pupfish have been successfully returned to their home in Ayer Lake, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). The desert ...

After more than a year of waiting, Ayer Lake in Superior is once again home to hundreds of tiny endangered desert pupfish. The Arizona Game and Fish Department released 450 pupfish into the lake ...

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Travel Nevada Today, various groups work to protect the pupfish including the Desert Fishes Council, a nonprofit that was founded in 1969 in response to ...

The aquatic marvel in question is the Devils Hole pupfish. The species lives nowhere in the world but inside a secluded cave, the depth of which is unknown, in a section of Ash Meadows National ...

PHOENIX — From a woman sentenced for an IRS fraud conspiracy to an endangered desert pupfish returning to Ayer Lake, here are some of the Valley’s top news stories from April 4-6. Texas woman ...

Two recent earthquakes disrupted the Nevada habitat of one of the world's rarest fish, the Devils Hole pupfish, drastically reducing their population, officials said this week.