There is a rapid decline in global biodiversity due to overhunting, ecosystem destruction, and climate change caused by human ...

lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the Amazon can appear mighty, but at the same time freshwater ...

Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects the survival of wildlife species more than where we choose to ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change predicts that 36% of anurans’ habitats worldwide will soon be threatened by a combination of rising temperatures and water scarcity. Brazil has the greatest ...

In Brazil, an Amazon reforestation project seeks to redeem carbon markets In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the ...

Most species don’t have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together. View on ...

Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ecosystems.

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