At issue is the longfin smelt, whose better-known relative, the delta smelt, has long been at the heart of high-profile ...

The tiny delta smelt is one of the best indicators of environmental conditions in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, an ecologically important estuary that is a major hub for California's water system — and ...

A three-inch-long fish is at the center of a political debate over wildfire management in California as deadly blazes continue in Los Angeles.

The Yellow River estuary in Dongying ... Official records indicate that the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve now hosts 374 bird species, establishing itself as a crucial hub for ...

“Governor Gavin Newscum ,” as Donald Trump calls him, “is the blame for this.” First, the facts: Southern California is not ...

RANGE: Delta smelt are restricted to the upper reaches of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, from San Pablo Bay upstream to Sacramento on the Sacramento River and Mossdale ...

Riordan said the hope is to re-establish the fish in the Delta. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's website states the fish is currently endemic only in the San Francisco Estuary.

The delta is the largest estuary on the West Coast and it supplies water for thousands of farms and an estimated 25 million Californians. Planners said the project would take more than a decade to ...

Two species of tiny, drab, and otherwise forgettable fish—the blotchy brown snail darter and the pale, silvery delta ...