WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (WCHS) — While they're referred to as fish, they look more like a lobster. "They're kind of like little space aliens. They're so different from everything we conceptualize ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U ...

Coal mining and fracking spurred the federal government’s decision Thursday to list at least one crayfish as an endangered species in coal country and another as threatened, which likely will make ...

The Big Sandy crayfish is found in Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia and is threatened under federal law. Guenter Schuster Guenter Schuster Federal and state regulators are not enforcing ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices today sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for ...

DICKENSON COUNTY, VA (WCHS) — The Big Sandy Crayfish calls the higher hills of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia home but its range has been rapidly shrinking in these rivers and creeks. "When you ...

Federal and state regulators are not enforcing rules designed to protect a threatened crayfish in Eastern Kentucky from pollution caused by surface mining, two environmental groups have alleged. The ...