Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday. The ...

A major new international review co-authored by Professor Gemma Harvey, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the ...

Road salt becomes much more deadly to freshwater snails when predator stress is present, raising mortality rates.

Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global assessments show that roughly a quarter of animals that depend on rivers, lakes ...

Freshwater streams, ponds and lakes across the United States are becoming saltier, and new research from the University of Missouri shows the damage may be greater than scientists once thought.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats face extinction, according to a new study published Wednesday in Nature. Researchers found that 24 percent of ...

The Hudson River flows from its headwaters in the Adirondack Mountains in up-state New York down to New York Harbor and into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s named after Henry Hudson, who explored in 1609 for ...