A quarter of freshwater animals, including fish, insects and crustaceans, are at high risk of extinction due to threats including pollution, dams and farming, according to a new study published on ...

A team of biologists from Japan and the Philippines have identified three new species of goby fish, belonging to the genus Lentipes. They were described in a study published today in the journal, ...

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The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse ...

When Ohio's Cuyahoga River literally caught fire in 1969, it forced a reckoning that changed federal law forever. Five ...

The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The study found ...

Often unassuming and cloaked in dull shades of brown or gray, freshwater fish have long been overlooked when it comes to conservation. It’s come at a cost, with as many as a third of global ...

The lakes, streams and ponds you’ve visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are ...

Freshwater lakes across North America are turning a tea-like brown due to increased dissolved organic carbon, driven by climate change and recovery from acid rain. This "freshwater browning" is ...

Mosquitoes ruin summers and spread disease, but something small and overlooked in your local pond has been waging war on them ...

Scientists discovered 212 freshwater fish species in 2021, according to a new report by the conservation organization Shoal. At a time when we hear so much about animals going extinct, the report is a ...