Tag: fish

Matt Troyer believes in second chances. Through hard work and determination, the 32-year-old from Burlington was granted one himself. “Less than two years ago I was sitting inside of a prison cell in Lansing Correctional…

TOPEKA — A lizard, a turtle and a fish are prospering in Kansas after spending years on the state’s threatened list. A Nov. 21 proposal to the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission recommended downgrading the…

DENVER (AP) — A fancy-looking French angelfish that was found one day with a funny float has its buoyancy back after taking some time from its tropical trappings to get a CT scan at the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An invasive fish species last seen in Missouri in 2019 is now back, and there are concerns it could continue to spread throughout the state. A northern snakehead fish was captured…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government is declaring them extinct. It’s a rare move for…

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The long history of mining in Southeast Kansas left its mark not only on the landscape but on local water quality as well, although remediation efforts in recent years have helped…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fish in an Ohio river that became synonymous with pollution when it caught fire in 1969 are now safe to eat, federal environmental regulators say. The easing of fish consumption restrictions…

MORAN — It’s a freezing drizzly day, where nearly a dozen high school students have installed a 650-gallon aquaponics system inside their greenhouse. The idea stemmed from an FFA speech given by Katelynn Morgan a…