The World's Forgotten Fishes report is a celebration of freshwater fishes – and it’s a call to action too. Rivers, lakes and wetlands are among the most biodiverse places on earth. They cover less ...

Focus: Discovering new species of freshwater fish in Myanmar (Burma) We are expanding the Museum's collection of freshwater fishes from Myanmar (Burma), introducing new species. Our work focuses on ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest freshwater fish. It’s also cloaked in mystery. No one is sure how many giant stingrays are left, which habitats they prefer ...

I write about the world of biology. Native to Southeast Asia, a tiny freshwater fish packs a surprising punch with its loud calls. ... [+] Today, ichthyologists have uncovered the secret behind ...

Fynbos fish, some dating back 20 million years, are disappearing from South Africa’s rivers. Conservationists warn that ...

The scientists involved in the new study used the recently completed “red list” for freshwater fishes, and the one for dragonflies and damselflies. Red lists are official inventories of ...

Freshwater infographic. Sarah Streyle - Conservation International The species studied included fish, decapod crustaceans -- such as crabs, crayfishes and shrimps -- and odonates, such as ...

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 ...

Almost a quarter of main freshwater animal species including fish, shrimps and crabs are threatened with extinction, worldwide research involving more than a thousand experts has found.

Researchers assessed the status of 23,496 species of freshwater animals in groups including fishes, crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish and shrimp and insects such as dragonflies and damselflies ...

Of the 23,496 freshwater animal species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List – including fish, crabs, crayfish and even dragonflies – 4,294 were found to be at ...