has now been returned to its native habitat in south west mexico. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. a little known species with an extraordinary story. the tequila fish is a small freshwater fish that lives in the rivers and lakes of south west mexico, but it s been missing, presumed extinct, for more than a decade. and it s just one of thousands of aquatic creatures that are facing extinction, but have slipped under the radar. small little things, a bit silver sometimes, a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservationists at chester zoo, scientists in mexico have reversed that extinction, bringing captive bred fish back to the wild. the team has now confirmed that the fish are breeding, and that the population is recovering here. they re doing well. they started with the introduction of 1500 animals, so now we re about from 1500 individuals now, to tens of thousands, and now what we re seeing i
that was previously declared extinct back to the wild. the freshwater tequila fish, which is silver and less than three inches long, has now been returned to its native habitat in south west mexico. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. a little known species with an extraordinary story. the tequila fish is a small freshwater fish that lives in the rivers and lakes of south west mexico, but it s been missing, presumed extinct for more than a decade. and it s just one of thousands of aquatics creatures that are facing extinction but have slipped under the radar. small little things, a bit silver sometimes, a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservationists at chester zoo, scientists in mexico have reversed that extinction, bringing captive bred fish back to the wild. the team has now confirmed that the fish are breeding,
them, those aspirations now extend beyond just success on the pitch. adam wild, bbc news. a species of fish called tequila that was previously declared extinct has been reintroduced back to the wild by the combined efforts of conservationists at chester zoo and experts in mexico. the freshwater fish has now been returned to its native habitat in south west mexico. victoria gill reports. a little known species with an extraordinary story. the tequila fish is a small freshwater fish that lives in the rivers and lakes of south west mexico, but it s been missing, presumed extinct, for more than a decade. and it s just one of thousands of aquatic creatures that are facing extinction, but have slipped under the radar. small little things, a bit silver sometimes, a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservationists at chester zoo, scientists in mexico have reversed
small little things, but show sometimes a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservationists at chester zoo, scientists in mexico have reversed that extinction, bringing captive bred fish back to the wild. the team has now confirmed that the fish are breeding and that the population is recovering here. they are doing well. they started with the introduction of 1500 animals, so now we re about from 1500 individuals to tens of thousands and now what we re seeing is that the species is slowly starting expanding to the river system which is exactly what we wanted so that is a very good start and hopefully that will be more species looking forward. among the estimated 1 million species under threat around the world, a third of wildlife that depends on freshwater habitats, are sliding towards extinction. and the ongoing loss of clean, healthy rivers and lakes threatens our food and water supplies too. so here injalis
after being outed as trans. ashley left britain to live in america, but returned in 2005 after the gender recognition act was passed. aruna iyengar, bbc news. conservationists at chester zoo have helped experts in mexico reintroduce a species of fish that was previously declared extinct back to the wild. the freshwater tequila fish which is silver and less than three inches long has now been returned to its native habitat in south west mexico. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. a little known species with an extraordinary story. the tequila fish is a small freshwater fish that lives in the rivers and lakes of south west mexico, but it s been missing, presumed extinct for more than a decade. and it s just one of thousands of aquatics creatures that are facing extinction but have slipped under the radar. small little things, a bit silver sometimes, a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservati