snail darter
noun
: a darter (Percina tanasi) of the Tennessee River drainage system of eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia
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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.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Now, genomic tools developed since that era, and a comparison of morphology, have revealed that the snail darter is very similar to the stargazing darter (P. uranidea), which is not considered endangered or threatened.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Their efforts resulted in a resurgence of the snail darter population that led to its removal from the endangered species list in 2022.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
In 1973, during construction, a group of University of Tennessee students and their biology professor discovered the snail darter in the waters downstream.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
After conservation efforts, the federal government took the snail darter off the endangered list in 2022.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Plater, an environmental lawyer, represented the snail darter in front of the Supreme Court after its endangered status went challenged by the TVA.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
As for the snail darter, the conservation efforts worked.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
For such a tiny fish, the snail darter has haunted Tennessee.
—Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Now, genomic tools developed since that era, and a comparison of morphology, have revealed that the snail darter is very similar to the stargazing darter (P. uranidea), which is not considered endangered or threatened.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Their efforts resulted in a resurgence of the snail darter population that led to its removal from the endangered species list in 2022.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
In 1973, during construction, a group of University of Tennessee students and their biology professor discovered the snail darter in the waters downstream.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
After conservation efforts, the federal government took the snail darter off the endangered list in 2022.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Plater, an environmental lawyer, represented the snail darter in front of the Supreme Court after its endangered status went challenged by the TVA.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
As for the snail darter, the conservation efforts worked.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
For such a tiny fish, the snail darter has haunted Tennessee.
—Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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