Freshwater ecosystems are home to an astonishing diversity of life, including some of the most formidable aquatic creatures on Earth. Among these, one stands out not just for its size but for the ...

Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth's surface as powerfully as floods and storms.

Find out about the animals and plants that rely on ponds ... bathe and breed Some creatures spend their whole lives submerged in a pond, such as freshwater hoglice that have gills to aid their aquatic ...

This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of ... is one of the biggest problems with managing shell wounds in aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles because aquatic ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s ... though such accounts are not verified because weighing the enormous and awkward animals is very difficult. Brown to gray in color, the ...

According to a study published in Nature magazine, a quarter of freshwater animals are at risk of extinction. To establish this, researchers analyzed public data as well as the scientific work of ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater creatures, from fish to dragonflies, are at a high risk of extinction worldwide, scientists have warned. The global assessment of freshwater animals on the ...

Freshwater habitats face a multitude of threats, but it's not too late to save these environments. 2 min read Freshwater ecosystems are essential for human survival, providing the majority of ...

The water we rely on is also essential to an amazing array of animals and plants from the top to the bottom of the food web: fish, turtles, dragonflies, frogs, crayfish, orchids, otters and countless ...

This collection explores what aquatic foods can bring to ... Blue foods — animals, plants and algae harvested from freshwater and marine environments — supply protein to over 3.2 billion ...

Unfortunately, the Southeast's staggering variety of freshwater life forms ... it's imperative that these animals and plants receive federal safeguards — and the Center has been leading this work for ...