Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...

Rivers have relatively less protection than do land or oceans and we lack effective mechanisms for measuring protection. A ...

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater rivers alongside dinosaurs and crocodiles. A massive tooth found in North ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared six species of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas as endangered and another as threatened on Monday. Environmental scientists refer to freshwater ...

What native freshwater mussels tell us about the health of the Willamette River. Native freshwater mussels are environmental superheroes that filter rivers across North America, but their future is ...

Seven types of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas have been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. (Ryan Hagerty/Usfws, Ryan Hagerty/Usfws) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas ...