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

“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 ...

The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and scientists battled back. The new film ‘The Fish Thief’ explores the fight.

By Shanna Hanbury Mongabay’s new short documentary The Time of Water premiered Dec. 16 at the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture, in Spain. Directed by Pablo Albarenga and produced with support from the Pulitzer Center and OpenDemocracy,

Restoring the unique ecosystem along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers is being hampered by controversial water management practices still taking place in protected areas, sometimes under the supervision of the same state agencies in charge of restoration.

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth but support 10% of all species. Nearly a quarter of these species face extinction risks.

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

There is a rapid decline in global biodiversity due to overhunting, ecosystem destruction, and climate change caused by human activities. The new report by WWF shows how this threatens ecosystems, food security,

Farmers and environmental advocates rallied in Bangkok Jan. 13 to demand the government and a private corporation take serious action to address the escalating spread of blackchin tilapia, a highly invasive species of fish,

This first ever global assessment of freshwater animals has found that one quarter of the 23,496 freshwater species surveyed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ are under the threat of extinction.

While the consequences of adding seawater to ecosystems are not yet well understood, we can gain insights on what to expect by considering the effects of sea-level rise.