Clear Lake, California’s largest freshwater lake, which is next to an abandoned mercury mine, turned a sickly shade of ...

So, what would cause a country to ban a fish? Click here to find out why the beluga sturgeon is banned in the U.S.

This remarkable find, near Koh Preah island on the Mekong River, has set a new world record for the largest freshwater fish ever caught. Wonders of the Mekong team members, Cambodian fishery officials ...

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A quarter of the total freshwater fauna, like fish and invertebrates, is facing the “threat with extinction”, the first-ever global health assessment of them has found. The assessment concluded that ...

This is where leaf litter and debris from the floodplain wash into the river, depleting levels of oxygen and causing mass deaths of both fish and crayfish. Then another Murray blackwater event in ...

From the glacial lakes of Alaska to the lazy rivers of the Deep South, America boasts a diverse cast of freshwater fish that would make any angler’s heart skip a beat. Let’s dive into the ...

The world's second largest freshwater crayfish can weigh up to ... depleting levels of oxygen and causing mass deaths of both fish and crayfish . This inspired further research into crayfish ...

Catfish are a popular catch-and-release fish for extreme anglers. They are easy to catch, and their large size makes them ...

The largest number of freshwater animals that ... 2023 found that nearly 25 percent of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction and that a minimum of 17 percent of those threatened by extinction ...