![Severum Cichlids in the Rio Negro](/app/uploads/2024/04/Severum-2-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2024/03/240227-Trispot-Darter-Survey-26-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Searching for the elusive Trispot Darter
Date Mar 18, 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.](/app/uploads/2023/10/TN-Aquarium-Lake-Sturgeon-Release-in-Coolidge-Park-4-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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.](/app/uploads/2023/10/20230926-Fish-Movement-29-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
We’re Tattooing Fish (For Science!)
Date Oct 6, 2023
In the Field
![Three people wade in a stream](/app/uploads/2023/07/20230705-Brook-Trout-Broodstock-Collection-11-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Securing the next generation of Brook Trout
Date Jul 31, 2023
In the Field
![Two aquarists hold a Lionfish collected during the Lionfish Invitational](/app/uploads/2023/07/20230613_215929-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2022/06/BROLL.00_00_30_01.Still004-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Returned to Appalachia: Our Baby Brookies Are Home Again!
Date Jul 10, 2023
In the Field
![Tangerine Darter on rock](/app/uploads/2023/01/Tangerine-Darter-0008-2-1-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
We’re Raising Hundreds of Baby Darters to Help Endangered Mussels!
Date Jul 3, 2023
In the Field
![Small-mouth Buffalo swimming in river](/app/uploads/2023/07/Small-mouth-buffalo-still-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2023/01/20230110-McCallie-Insect-Survey-14-1-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2021/02/DSC_4239-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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.](/app/uploads/2022/06/Jim-Hill-Diversity-Fellow-Breelyn-Bigbee-holds-a-viewing-window-with-a-Logperch-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Summer break in the scientific trenches
Date Jun 29, 2022
In the Field
![Juvenile Southern Appalachian Brook Trout acclimate in a wild stream](/app/uploads/2022/06/Juvenile-Southern-Appalachian-Brook-Trout-swim-out-of-a-dip-net-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
The long game: Ten years into the restoration of Brookies…
Date Jun 15, 2022
In the Field
![](/app/uploads/2022/06/Laurel_Dace_May-22-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Working with farmers to save one of America’s most-endangered fish
Date May 20, 2022
In the Field
![Saffron shiners swimming in river](/app/uploads/2022/06/20220510-Tellico-River-16-Saffron-shiners-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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.](/app/uploads/2022/01/20220113-TNACI-Culverts-17-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Surveying fish highways under Southeastern roads
Date Jan 25, 2022
In the Field
![Eggs of a Southern Appalachian Brook Trout in a mixing bowl](/app/uploads/2021/11/20211104-Brook-Trout-Spawning-22-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Pots of Gold: Hand-Spawning Native Trout
Date Nov 10, 2021
In the Field
![scientists viewing fish pulled from stream](/app/uploads/2021/10/20210928-Tangerine-Darters-03-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2021/09/Bridled-Darter-16-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Snorkeling for Elusive Darters in Southern Appalachia
Date Sep 14, 2021
In the Field
![baby lake sturgeon acclimating to tank](/app/uploads/2021/06/DSC_9280-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Baby Lake Sturgeon Are Back!
Date Jun 3, 2021
In the Field
![Lake Sturgeon](/app/uploads/2021/05/Lake-Sturgeon-at-the-Tennessee-Aquarium-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Aquarium Scientists Aid in Wisconsin Lake Sturgeon Spawn
Date May 6, 2021
In the Field
![Sandhill Cranes flying](/app/uploads/2021/02/Four-Sandhill-Cranes-Donna-Bourdon-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
The Joys of Birding
Date Feb 2, 2021
In the Field
![](/app/uploads/2020/12/DSC_4207-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2020/07/Juvenile-Southern-Appalachian-Brook-Trout-acclimating-to-the-water-temperature-at-the-release-site-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
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](/app/uploads/2020/07/DSC_7673_1-2400x0-c-default-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Aquarium Scientists Help Open the STEM-gate for Young Women
Date Jan 29, 2020
In the Field
![Chinese Big Headed Turtle](/app/uploads/2020/01/Chinese-Big-headed-Turtle-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Tennessee Aquarium-Led, International Team Develops Interactive Map of World’s Turtle…
Date Nov 18, 2019
In the Field
![Juvenile Cracking Pearlymussels](/app/uploads/2020/01/Juvenile-Cracking-Pearlymussels-C-RAC-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Hired Muscles for Mussels
Date Nov 8, 2019
In the Field
![lake sturgeon](/app/uploads/2020/01/DSC_2636-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
A Conservation Milestone: More Than 250,000 Lake Sturgeon Released Into…
Date Oct 15, 2019
In the Field
![2 Goldline Darters](/app/uploads/2020/01/brollcover-scaled-1200x0-c-default.png)
Georgia Bound Looking for an Endangered Darter
Date Sep 16, 2019
In the Field
![Southern Appalachian Brook Trout fry swimming out of net](/app/uploads/2020/01/Southern-Appalachian-Brook-Trout-fry-swimming-out-of-net-2-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Bon Voyage, Brookies!
Date May 31, 2019
In the Field
![Laurel Dace](/app/uploads/2020/01/Laurel-Dace-2-scaled-1200x0-c-default.jpg)
Working to Save One of the Most Endangered Fish in…
Date May 16, 2019
In the Field