NPR: Devils Hole pupfish https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1186283792 Devils Hole pupfish en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 07 May 2026 22:20:29 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Devils Hole pupfish https://www.npr.org/tags/1186283792/devils-hole-pupfish As federal scientists faced turmoil, the Devils Hole pupfish reached a crisis point The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step. Thu, 07 May 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5803173/devils-hole-pupfish-crisis-federal-science-trump https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5803173/devils-hole-pupfish-crisis-federal-science-trump

The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step.

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]]> Nell Greenfieldboyce Against all odds, the rare Devils Hole pupfish keeps on swimming The Devils Hole pupfish's natural habitat is a single water-filled hole in a cave in the Nevada desert. Its numbers at one point dwindled to just 35 animals. How does it manage to survive? Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:00:58 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/07/1182118098/against-all-odds-the-rare-devils-hole-pupfish-keeps-on-swimming https://www.npr.org/2023/07/07/1182118098/against-all-odds-the-rare-devils-hole-pupfish-keeps-on-swimming

The Devils Hole pupfish's natural habitat is a single water-filled hole in a cave in the Nevada desert. Its numbers at one point dwindled to just 35 animals. How does it manage to survive?

(Image credit: Olin Feuerbacher)

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