The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...

Would the initiative up for vote in Switzerland on September 22 lead to a better protection of biodiversity or more headaches for farmers? A rece ...

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, ...

A QUARTER of freshwater creatures are at a high risk of extinction, a new study warns. Of the groups studied, crabs, crayfish and shrimps face the greatest danger of extinction, with 30 per cent under ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going ...

A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...