Guiunio rarus, or the rare Guangxi freshwater mussel, was found “living in the slow flowing stream with muddy and sandy bottom” alongside other species, according to the study. The mussels were also ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...

Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterways ...

From explosive tarpon strikes to hard-fighting horse-eye jacks and elusive snook, this freshwater trip delivered a full-throttle fishing experience with nonstop action from cast to catch.

We reconstructed the evolutionary history of the freshwater fish family Nemacheilidae across Eurasia and spanning most of the Cenozoic era on the base of 471 specimens representing 279 species and 37 ...

Our study marks the first comprehensive reconstruction of the evolution of Eurasian freshwater biodiversity on a continental scale and across deep geological time. The present-day species- and ...

One of the smallest whale species, a male beluga whale can weigh up to 3,000 pounds and grow up to 16 feet long. ©Luna Vandoorne/Shutterstock.com These social animals can live in both salt and ...

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The discovery of F. brocksi west of the Great Dividing Range suggests that, unlike most surviving Osmeriformes, this species may have spent its entire life in freshwater, according to the study.

Nearly a third of fungi species assessed by international conservation experts were found to be at risk of extinction from threats like agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl. The ...

Colossal Biosciences, founded in 2021, has also been experimenting directly with Asian elephant cells, because that species is most closely related to extinct woolly mammoths. Another arm of ...

As a result, Cu and U were selected and toxicity tests conducted using two tropical freshwater species (green hydra (Hydra viridissima) and gudgeon fish (Mogurnda mogurnda)) from the Australian ...