WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Freshwater ecosystems across the world are in distress. As scientists better comprehend the extent to which lakes, ponds, ...

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 ...

The Hudson River flows from its headwaters in the Adirondack Mountains in up-state New York down to New York Harbor and into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s named after Henry Hudson, who explored in 1609 for ...

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 ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday. The ...

They have a myriad of names. In Australia people call them yabbies. In the Mississippi Delta you may hear them called mudbugs and, in other parts of the South, ditchbugs. Crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, ...

When you think about Western North Carolina’s wildlife, you probably picture black bears, deer, or even hellbenders. But ...

Filled with live plants, substrates, and glimmering schools of fish, a perfectly curated aquarium is an awe-inspiring art form. But the best aquarium pets that aren’t fish prove that our finned ...

Climate change is affecting our world in a range of ways. One key effect of climate change—rising temperatures—wreaks havoc in aquatic ecosystems, both salt and freshwater. Saltwater ecosystem, in ...