Protecting freshwater resources starts with empowering local initiatives to protect, restore, and conserve this vital resource. Investing in partner-led projects for environmental protection, ...

Netflix’s Black Stories collection celebrates Black cinema and culture and allows subscribers to narrow their search if they’re interested in movies from Black creators and stars. However ...

They can also migrate via leaking production wells to freshwater aquifers. Base and rare metal mining: Heavy metal pollution is a known cause of groundwater contamination. Uranium: In situ uranium ...

Freshwater ecosystems, though they occupy less than 1% of Earth’s surface, are incredibly rich in biodiversity. They provide habitats for more than 10% of all known species, making them critical to ...

For far too long, the decline in the biodiversity of our rivers and lakes has been out of sight and out of mind. As a freshwater ecologist I have long felt frustrated as conservation and research is ...

This photo captures the curious and friendly personality of an axolotl, also known as the "Mexican walking fish". Image by Mattias Banguese via Unsplash. Meet Glob, the Axolotl Planet Team’s ...

A quarter of the total freshwater fauna, like fish and invertebrates, is facing the “threat with extinction”, the first-ever global health assessment of them has found. The assessment concluded that ...

Iwan Jones is affiliated with the Freshwater Biological Association where he is an honorary fellow. He has received funding from UKRI and Defra to investigate biodiversity trends in invertebrates ...

Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish ...

Almost a quarter of main freshwater animal species including fish, shrimps and crabs are threatened with extinction, worldwide research involving more than a thousand experts has found.