PINOLA, Miss. (AP) A species of tiny fish that once flourished in a river running hundreds of miles from central Mississippi into southeastern Louisiana is being reintroduced to the Pearl River after disappearing 50 years ago. Wildlife experts say a number of factors likely contributed to the disappearance of the pearl darter from the […]
The threatened Pearl River darter (Percina aurora) has not been recorded in its namesake river for 40 years, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. But now, the service is attempting to reestablish the itsy-bitsy vertebrate in its native waters.