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A new global study reports that nearly one in four freshwater species – over 4,000 of the 23,496 assessed – are threatened with a high risk of extinction. The team evaluated fishes, dragonflies and ...

The absence of morphological external characteristics that allow the recognition of the sex as well as the presence of both male and female gonopores in the same animal [except in some sexual forms of ...

The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The study found ...

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 ...

Four in 10 species inhabiting inland water ecosystems in the Western Ghats face the threat of extinction, conservation scientists said on Wednesday after a worldwide assessment covering habitats ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction, according to new research. A detailed extinction assessment of more than 23,000 species of freshwater fauna by the ...

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 and ...

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ON May 13, 1883, I chanced to enter a meadow a few miles above Washington, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, at the head of a small stream emptying into the river. It was between two hills, at an ...

"It is important to note that this is a unique species that arose in aquarium culture via a mutation and is not native in the wild anywhere," said Monica McGarrity, a senior scientist for aquatic ...

"I couldn't be more proud of the team," said Tim Morrow, San Antonio Zoo president and CEO, in a news release. "Their unwavering dedication and passion have propelled them to achieve remarkable ...