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 ...
Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient ...
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 ...
Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts, researchers have found. Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are ...
Migratory freshwater fish populations have declined 81 percent globally since 1970. 97 percent of listed migratory fish species are threatened with extinction, with hundreds more newly identified as ...
The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse ...
The largest freshwater fish in North America, which was once abundant in California's major rivers and San Francisco Bay, has declined in numbers to a point that state officials will consider whether ...
As national representatives gather at the UN COP15 Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) meeting this week in Brazil, a new global report has been released profiling a dangerously neglected category ...
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish species could go extinct because of pollution and climate change. Northern Arizona ...