WASHINGTON — 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 like the ...

Keystone species are those that exist in an ecosystem to keep it functioning at its healthiest levels possible. These animals ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they ...

Thousands of fish species are facing "catastrophic" decline — threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world. New research shows that ...

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 ...

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists. The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be ...

Freshwater ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their physical environmental in freshwater ecosystems. Researchers in this area seek to understand the ecosystem ...

video: Freshwater mussel species, with names such as "fatmucket," "bankclimber" and "heelsplitter," are critical to river ecosystems. But, many species are in trouble. Nearly 70 percent of freshwater ...

Environmental professionals, business leaders and others discussed the challenges facing the Great Lakes at the 18th annual Freshwater Summit.

Science has a lot to say about the health impacts on humans of breathing air saturated with wildfire smoke, but less is known about the impacts of wildfire smoke on landscapes, especially freshwater ...