These popular aquarium pets have now been officially classified as their own species: Cherax pulverulentus, or the dusty ...

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

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going ...

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, ...

The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...

Around 25 percent of the world's freshwater fauna is at a significant risk of extinction, according to a recent study ...

Almost a quarter of all the world's freshwater animals are threatened with extinction. That's according to a new report by ...

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many ...

A QUARTER of freshwater creatures are at a high risk of extinction, a new study warns. Of the groups studied, crabs, crayfish ...

A quarter of freshwater animals, including fish, insects and crustaceans, are at high risk of extinction due to threats ...