"To effectively protect nature, you first need to know what's there." Researchers stunned by rare discovery deep in the ...

Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research. "Huge rivers like the Amazon can appear ...

Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects the survival of wildlife species more than where we choose to ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.