With the addition of the tucuxi, a small grey dolphin, all of the world's freshwater dolphin species are now listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List. Harmful fishing practices, pollution ...

In the United States nearly half the 573 animals on the threatened and endangered list are freshwater species. That's because freshwater ecosystems are so closely linked to human activity.

They examined over 23,000 freshwater species on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the IUCN. They found at least 4,200 of them are at HIGH ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— In response to a legal petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect four freshwater mussels and a ...

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 ...