Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

Keystone species are those that exist in an ecosystem to keep it functioning at its healthiest levels possible. These animals ...

Learn how river turtles act as nature’s cleanup crew, spreading nutrients and keeping ecosystems balanced and full of life.

The Hudson River flows from its headwaters in the Adirondack Mountains in up-state New York down to New York Harbor and into ...

Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that ...

Freshwater makes up less than three percent of Earth’s water supply but is home to almost half of all fish species. Puerto Rican mountain mullet reside in El Yunque National Forest. Known to the ...

See how DuPage Forest Preserve District ecologists are raising freshwater mussels, federally endangered Hine's emerald dragonflies and other aquatic animals at a special behind-the-scenes tour of the ...

Some have survived for hundreds of millions of years, but many of the world’s freshwater megafauna—including sumo-sized stingrays, colossal catfish, giant turtles, and gargantuan salamanders—may soon ...

Rome — The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, ...

ANKARA, TURKIYE - APRIL 13: Goldfish (Carassius auratus) are seen at the aquarium as freshwater fish of different species offer a visual feast with their fin structures, interactions with light, ...

ROME (AP) — The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ...