Thousands of fish, crab and dragonfly species could become extinct in the coming decades—and many more could follow. A landmark assessment of the health of nearly 24,000 freshwater species found ...

KOCHI: A quarter of the world’s freshwater fauna, including fish, dragonflies, crabs, and shrimps, face a high risk of extinction, according to a study co-authored by the International Union for ...

Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. Thousands of species of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said in a ...

Eating just one serving of freshwater fish each year could have the same effect as drinking water heavily polluted with “forever chemicals” for an entire month, a new study finds.

Christie is a seasoned science journalist and cell and molecular biology PhD; her debut book Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry, received widespread acclaim. She was a ...

A 17-year-old high school student in California has sequenced the genome of the freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) for the first time. Indeever Madireddy sequenced the genome of his pet ...

She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. Of the two major aquatic environments, the freshwater biome is often overshadowed by its marine counterpart, Earth's largest and home to some ...

A new report finds that migratory freshwater fish species have declined on a global scale by 76% since 1970, with the highest drops experienced in Europe. The biggest threat to migratory ...

Overharvesting and habitat loss endanger most of the world’s freshwater “megafauna.” But many species may yet be saved. By Rachel Nuwer Some of the most astonishing creatures on Earth hide ...

Some have survived for hundreds of millions of years, but many of the world’s freshwater megafauna—including sumo-sized stingrays, colossal catfish, giant turtles, and gargantuan salamanders ...

For eager-but-uninformed newbies to the world of aquarium keeping, however, angelfish can be heartbreakers. Arguably the most popular freshwater aquarium fish, angels tend to have a high mortality ...