Urbanization means that more sediment, unwanted nutrients and toxic chemicals enter the darter's habitat, disrupting aquatic insect communities and coating underwater surfaces. In addition, the six ...

Nearly 50 years after the snail darter temporarily blocked the construction of a dam in Tennessee, researchers at Yale University found that the endangered species technically is not a species at all.

The team mounted eight markers on five species of insects—the common darter and migrant hawker dragonflies were part of the mix—and used motion-capture cameras to track behavior around UV LED ...

In the 1970s, the discovery of the Tennessee snail darter in the Tellico River was used to halt completion of the Tellico Dam under the Endangered Species Act (a tale many law students learn in ...

The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. USFWS This one weird little fish — a beigeish critter found on sandy river bottoms in Tennessee and fond of munching ...