Nearly a quarter of freshwater species face extinction due to habitat destruction, pollution, and water overuse.

As the authors of the new study point out, freshwaters support more than 10% of all known species, including about a third of vertebrates and half of fishes, while covering less than one percent of ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered the earliest record of freshwater, and now crystals may lead researchers to discover when life on Earth began, a new study says. A new study, which was published inNature ...

Freshwater is the lifeblood of our planet – essential for life on Earth. It shapes the land and the creatures that live in it in the most surprising ways. Crocodiles aren’t known for their ...

Cities there function like space stations, importing every ounce of fresh water from distant rivers ... We've lately raised the Earth's average temperature by .74°C (1.3°F), a number that ...

All life on Earth needs water to survive. Life-giving rivers, which feed lakes and seas, are in turn fed by springs, creeks, swamps, wetlands and underground aquifers — all sources of water people ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Ninety-nine percent of all freshwater ice on Earth is sitting on top of Greenland and Antarctica, and each year, a little more of it melts into ...

Not many creatures on Earth can pull off keeping a pride of curious lions at bay. But lions don’t want to get their soft ...

The Laurentian Great Lakes of North America (hereafter, Great Lakes) collectively represent the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world, containing over 20% of Earth’s surface freshwater. In PNAS, ...