While much research has focused on the striking differences in biodiversity between tropical and temperate regions, another, equally dramatic, pattern has gone largely unstudied: the differences in ...

Researchers at McGill University used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing ...

Researchers find that artificial habitats can support populations of Carter’s freshwater mussels in southwestern Australia.

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 that 24 percent of ...

The Northern Pike (Esox lucius) belongs to the Kingdom Animalia. It is one of the largest freshwater predators found across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where it can grow longer than ...

Stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are becoming more common in urban landscapes globally to assist with the contaminants runoff control, flood mitigation and water storage. As availability of ...

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...

This article outlines some of the challenges facing conservation of freshwater ecosystems and future directions for freshwater protected area establishment and management. The primary purpose of ...

The otherworldly Yang's plateau loach is one of hundreds freshwater fish species described in 2025, new report reveals.