Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

“Almost every big river in North America and Europe is massively modified" through damming, putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also ...

Most species don’t have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together. View on euronews ...

“Almost every big river in North America and Europe is massively modified" through damming, putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also ...

putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also faces threats from deforestation, wildfires and illegal gold mining, said Charvet. Illegal fires ...