"Freshwater fish are disappearing, and this could be the end if we don't do something." ...

Most sharks and rays inhabit the oceans, but a small proportion thrive in freshwater. Approximately 4% to 5% of all shark and ...

Freshwater ecosystems—rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands and their artificial counterparts—harbour a disproportionate share of global biodiversity despite covering less than 1 per cent of Earth’s surface.

Biotic homogenization in freshwater ecosystems describes the progressive loss of distinctiveness among aquatic communities, whereby local assemblages become increasingly similar in taxonomic, ...

A recent report from the international conservation NGO WWF argues that freshwater ecosystems are too valuable to go overlooked as new conservation policies are created. Freshwater underpins global ...

Biodiversity is declining rapidly. Many conservation actions focus on single species. An alternative approach is to comprehensively improve ecological processes and habitats, thereby supporting entire ...

RENO, Nev. — The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has curated a special journal issue to discuss climate change adaptability in California. Researchers from the University of ...

Researchers using cutting-edge environmental DNA (eDNA) technology have uncovered far greater biodiversity in eastern Ontario waterways than traditional monitoring methods detected over more than a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other ...

Wetlands have long received little attention in traditional limnology courses. Yet they are a critical resource, providing habitat for important species, significant links in the cycling of nutrients ...

Asia is the largest continent on Earth, and its ecosystems are every bit as diverse as its size suggests. This huge continent ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that cyanobacteria may survive prolonged heat stress not by protecting ...