The lakes, streams and ponds you’ve visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are ...

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 ...

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The trend, known as "freshwater browning," is a slow darkening of lakes, ponds, and streams that researchers say is reshaping fish populations across northeastern North America and Northern Europe.

The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse ...

As an avid fly fisherman, Keith Van de Riet spends a lot of time trying to think like a fish does. He does likewise in his day job as professor at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & ...

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 ...

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 ...

Estuaries are ecologically important areas which support a variety of aquatic species, particularly marine and estuarine fish species. This study represents a case study of the Orange River and ...

Hydropower expansion creates tension between renewable energy goals and freshwater ecosystem health. However, the global impacts of dams across the full spectrum of freshwater biodiversity remain ...

Europe’s rivers are carrying a quiet conservation warning. With nearly six in ten native freshwater fish species now of ...