Nearly 23,000 freshwater species studied are facing a multitude of threats. Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction, according to new research. A detailed ...

New research shows that one-third of all freshwater fish now face extinction. According to a report published Tuesday by 16 global conservation groups, 18,075 species of freshwater fish inhabit ...

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), also known as the giant river prawn and giant tiger prawn, is a close relative to marine shrimp. They are one of over 950 species in the Palaemonidae ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like ...

Water does end up going into freshwater fish’s mouths, but instead of swallowing it, the water is filtered out through the gills. Unlike saltwater fish, freshwater fish do not need to consume ...

Languages: English. Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats face extinction, according to a new study published Wednesday in Nature. Researchers found ...

The relative proportions of oxygen’s heaviest and lightest forms, or isotopes, in the zircons are possible only if there been a significant amount of freshwater present, geochemist Hamed ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say freshwater fish have high levels of “forever chemicals.” Raymond Forbes LLC/Stocksy Researchers say freshwater fish caught in the United States have higher ...

But in a new study, aquatic biologists at Ruhr University Bochum report that freshwater acidification, the progressive increase of acidity due to excess carbon in the environment, compromises the ...