RESTON, Va., May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Geological Survey scientists say they've discovered the popular organic herbicide atrazine affects fish reproduction. "Concentrations of atrazine commonly found in ...

SEATTLE – The 141st annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society will take place in Seattle from Sept. 4-8, 2011. The theme of this year's conference is "New Frontiers in Fisheries Management and ...

Researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have determined that four grass carp, caught last fall in Ohio’s Sandusky River, lived their entire lives in the river, suggesting for the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 1, 2010) Atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, has been shown to affect reproduction of fish at concentrations below U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed due to the government shutdown in Washington. All 16 federal employees at the USGS Fish Laboratory in Turners Falls won’t be able to ...

FLAT LICK, Ky. (AP) -- A federal report is blaming a spill of hydraulic fracturing fluids for harming a fish population in a small stream in southeastern Kentucky. The study by the U.S. Geological ...

Alarms are being raised over potential cuts or elimination of fish, wildlife and cooperative research programs run in Wisconsin by the U.S. Geological Survey. The possible losses are feared as ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 24, 2008) Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that they have identified ten contaminants, including pesticides, in the Potomac River, which flows ...

Entire populations of North American fish already are being affected by several emerging diseases, a problem that threatens to increase in the future with climate change and other stresses on aquatic ...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - Hydraulic fracturing fluids that spilled into a Kentucky creek in 2007 likely caused "widespread death or distress" to fish, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

A study by the US Geological Survey (USGS) has found that hydraulic fracturing fluids leaked from a natural gas well site in 2007 caused widespread deaths of aquatic species in Kentucky’s Acorn Fork.