Byron Hamstead with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carries a species identification card used during the Kids in the ...

Freshwater makes up less than three percent of Earth’s water supply but is home to almost half of all fish species. Puerto Rican mountain mullet reside in El Yunque National Forest. Known to the ...

Saddles – small bars between islands – are ... Unlike tiny zebra mussels, Tennessee River freshwater mussel species are big. “It's a substantial shell,” Walker says.

They’re small, bright, and fighting to survive. The Laurel Dace, a striking freshwater fish found only in a few streams atop the Cumberland Plateau, is one of the most endangered fish species in ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

The large freshwater salamanders have ... was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, the area devastated by Helene. The Endangered Species Act prohibits the “take” of species ...

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 ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and dragonfly ...

Freshwater environments, though covering just 1% of Earth's surface, host over 10% of known species. However, like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, they face significant challenges.

(LONDON) — 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 ...