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Senior Aquarist Avery Millard (left) and Conservation Manager Stephanie Chance (right) observing freshwater mussels in the Duck River in Middle Tennessee.
Podcast: “A Galentine’s Day Shell-ebration Of Mussels”
Date Feb 12, 2025
In the Field
Image of Laurel Dace, a critically endangered fish species, to promote The Podcast Aquatic episode about the Endangered Species Act
Podcast: “The Race For The Laurel Dace”
Date Nov 27, 2024
In the Field
Fish out of water
Date Aug 22, 2024
In the Field
A brook trout young of the year in the palm of a hand
A Mountain Homecoming For a New Class Of Brookies
Date May 17, 2024
In the Field
Lake Sturgeon conservation program links Tennessee with Wisconsin’s Wolf River
Date May 1, 2024
In the Field
Severum Cichlids in the Rio Negro
An Aquarist’s journey to the sustainable fisheries in the heart…
Date Apr 9, 2024
In the Field
Two scientists in waders carry nets through a stream
Searching for the elusive Trispot Darter
Date Mar 18, 2024
In the Field
vernal pools
Spend a Morning Salamandering with Our Spatial Ecologist
Date Feb 22, 2024
In the Field
A student from Girls Inc. of Chattanooga touches a juvenile Lake Sturgeon in a container before releasing it into the Tennessee River.
A Beautiful Day for a Sturgeon Release
Date Oct 16, 2023
In the Field
An ultraviolet light makes a VIE tag implanted under its skin glow.
We’re Tattooing Fish (For Science!)
Date Oct 6, 2023
In the Field
Three people wade in a stream
Securing the next generation of Brook Trout
Date Jul 31, 2023
In the Field
Two aquarists hold a Lionfish collected during the Lionfish Invitational
Taking Part in the Lionfish Invitational
Date Jul 18, 2023
In the Field
Juvenile Southern Appalachian Brook Trout swim out of a dip net during a release
Returned to Appalachia: Our Baby Brookies Are Home Again!
Date Jul 10, 2023
In the Field
Tangerine Darter on rock
We’re Raising Hundreds of Baby Darters to Help Endangered Mussels!
Date Jul 3, 2023
In the Field
Science without Borders: Helping a Canadian Scientist Find Elusive Sand…
Date Apr 28, 2023
In the Field
Small-mouth Buffalo swimming in river
Small-mouth Buffalo Migration, the Southeast’s Answer to the Salmon Run
Date Mar 31, 2023
In the Field
How high school students are helping save one of America’s…
Date Mar 24, 2023
In the Field
Students search for insects in a sample tray
Conservation scientists lead students in search for macroinvertebrates
Date Jan 13, 2023
In the Field
A juvenile Lake Sturgeon swims in a holding vessel prior to its release into the Tennessee River
Keeper POV:Releasing Dinosaur Fish Into the Tennessee River
Date Nov 15, 2022
In the Field
Jim Hill Fellow for Conservation Breelyn Bigbee holds a viewing window with a Logperch in Long Swamp Creek while conducting fieldwork in search of Bridled Darters near Jasper, Georgia.
Summer break in the scientific trenches
Date Jun 29, 2022
In the Field
Juvenile Southern Appalachian Brook Trout acclimate in a wild stream
The long game: Ten years into the restoration of Brookies…
Date Jun 15, 2022
In the Field
A Southern Appalachian Brook Trout
Ten years helping Tennessee’s only native trout
Date Jun 6, 2022
In the Field
Working with farmers to save one of America’s most-endangered fish
Date May 20, 2022
In the Field
Saffron shiners swimming in river
Beautiful, colored-up Saffron Shiners breeding in the Tellico River!
Date May 14, 2022
In the Field
Reintroduction Biologist Sarah Kate Bailey measures a culvert while working on a conservation project to identify and replace culverts that restrict the passage of fish.
Surveying fish highways under Southeastern roads
Date Jan 25, 2022
In the Field
Eggs of a Southern Appalachian Brook Trout in a mixing bowl
Pots of Gold: Hand-Spawning Native Trout
Date Nov 10, 2021
In the Field
scientists viewing fish pulled from stream
Collecting Enormous Darters to Help Endangered Freshwater Mussels
Date Oct 13, 2021
In the Field
Senior Aquarist Ben Stenger pauses before dipping back below the surface of Holly Creek in pursuit of Bridled Darters
Snorkeling for Elusive Darters in Southern Appalachia
Date Sep 14, 2021
In the Field
colorful fish sampled from creek
Teaming Up to Evaluate a Life-Rich Alabama Stream!
Date Jun 10, 2021
In the Field
baby lake sturgeon acclimating to tank
Baby Lake Sturgeon Are Back!
Date Jun 3, 2021
In the Field
Lake Sturgeon
Aquarium Scientists Aid in Wisconsin Lake Sturgeon Spawn
Date May 6, 2021
In the Field
Sandhill Cranes flying
The Joys of Birding
Date Feb 2, 2021
In the Field
Hard-won successes: Conservation projects in 2020
Date Dec 3, 2020
In the Field
juvenile brook trout acclimating to the water tempearture at the release site
New Stream, New Chapter for the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout
Date Jun 9, 2020
In the Field
students viewing tank at Tennessee Aquarium conservation institute
Aquarium Scientists Help Open the STEM-gate for Young Women
Date Jan 29, 2020
In the Field
Dr. Bernie Kuhajda
Dr. Bernie and the Search for Lost Species
Date Dec 4, 2019
In the Field
Chinese Big Headed Turtle
Tennessee Aquarium-Led, International Team Develops Interactive Map of World’s Turtle…
Date Nov 18, 2019
In the Field
Juvenile Cracking Pearlymussels
Hired Muscles for Mussels
Date Nov 8, 2019
In the Field
lake sturgeon
A Conservation Milestone: More Than 250,000 Lake Sturgeon Released Into…
Date Oct 15, 2019
In the Field
2 Goldline Darters
Georgia Bound Looking for an Endangered Darter
Date Sep 16, 2019
In the Field
Southern Appalachian Brook Trout fry swimming out of net
Bon Voyage, Brookies!
Date May 31, 2019
In the Field
Laurel Dace
Working to Save One of the Most Endangered Fish in…
Date May 16, 2019
In the Field
A Facebook for Fish: Freshwater Information Network (FIN)
Date Dec 7, 2018
In the Field
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