SHOSHONE, Calif. — How the Devil’s Hole pupfish has survived for centuries in a spa-like cistern cloistered by a barren rock mountain in Death Valley National Park remains a biological mystery ...

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?

A critically endangered species of fish that lives in a very bizarre place is coming back from the brink of extinction. The National Park Service (NPS) announced that the Devil's Hole pupfish has ...

Devils Hole pupfish populations have dropped dramatically over the years -- from a high of 400-500 fish in 1996 to a low of 35 in 2013 -- but these little fish are making a comeback, scientists say.

On The Trail: Devils Hole 04:56. Devils Hole SOUNDS like a scary place. But it's really a sanctuary, as Conor Knighton shows us: Death Valley is the largest National Park in the lower 48 United ...

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?

Two Devil's Hole pupfish swim over a spawning mat at their Devil's Hole habitat on Nov. 25, 2013. A recent count recorded 115 of the critically endangered fish, an increase over last spring's ...

The fake Devil’s Hole contained the same 92-degree water and spawning shelf. There, in captivity, a backup colony of pupfish was bred. Nineteen of those captive fish were carefully brought into ...

In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that protected not only the fish but also their fragile habitat by specifically stating that water levels in Devil’s Hole must remain ...

Devil's Hole pupfish is an amazing "survivor," scientist says Two Devils Hole pupfish in the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. These individuals hatched from eggs ...

Federal wildlife officials on Friday said Devil’s Hole pupfish have laid eggs in captivity for the first time, a biological breakthrough that could save the nearly extinct species. “We’re ...

What began decades ago as a fight to save the world’s most isolated fish might soon end in one of the most well-documented extinctions ever. Only 35 Devil’s Hole pupfish are left, according to ...