Understanding the Basic Difference Freshwater fish live in rivers, lakes, and ponds with low salt content, while saltwater ...

The lakes, streams and ponds you’ve visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are ...

Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world's rivers and many are rapidly collapsing, according to a major new assessment by the ...

From fish and turtles, to hippos and crocodiles, about 43% of all known large freshwater animal species have been ...

As national representatives gather at the UN COP15 Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) meeting this week in Brazil, a new global report has been released profiling a dangerously neglected category ...

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic ...

The Mekong giant catfish is an endangered freshwater species. Zeb Hogan. Many people are familiar with the epic migrations of zebras and wildebeest across the Serengeti, but some ...

Campo Grande, Brazil — Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world’s rivers and many are rapidly collapsing, according to a major ...

Only 25% of newly-delineated priority areas identified for the protection of freshwater fishes in Colombia overlap with existing protected areas, according to a recent study published in Diversity and ...

The giant catfish of the Amazon River are in danger. The dorado catfish, also known as the gilded catfish, boasts the longest freshwater migration of any fish, totaling roughly 7,000 miles. Part of ...

Migratory freshwater fish populations have declined 81 percent globally since 1970. 97 percent of listed migratory fish species are threatened with extinction, with hundreds more newly identified as ...

A sweeping global report finds that migratory freshwater fish are in steep decline, with populations down roughly 81% since 1970. These species depend on long, connected rivers, but dams and human ...