Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers and seas. Plastic pollution can alter habitats and ...

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team ...

The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Restoring the unique ecosystem along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers is being hampered by controversial water management ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth but support 10% of all species. Nearly a quarter of these species face ...

Species in Lake Victoria, Lake Titicaca, Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone and the Western Ghats of India are particularly vulnerable to ...

Most species don’t have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together. View on ...

Freshwater species exhibit rich diversity throughout the Amazon river basin, western ... Though climate change negatively affects the freshwater ecosystem, indirectly, it is leading to extreme weather ...

Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ...

Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species, a zoologist and study ...

"Almost every big river in North America and Europe is massively modified" through damming, putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also ...