In a world where most freshwater fish are lucky to see a decade, one species quietly pushes past 100 and can reach 120 years ...

Freshwater sponges are not just ancient organisms, they can absorb toxic metals like arsenic, lead, and cadmium, and their bacteria help detoxify polluted waters ...

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

Freshwater ecosystems across the world are in distress. As scientists better comprehend the extent to which lakes, ponds, rivers and marshlands—and the animal and plant life they support—are suffering ...

Southeast Asia’s Mekong River is one of the world’s most diverse and productive freshwater ecosystems, home to more than ...

They’re tiny, they’re widespread, and they’re inside the fish you might be grilling this weekend. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is ...

Earth may have had fresh, not just salty, water as soon as 600 million years after the planet formed — a mere blink of an eye in geologic time. Researchers analyzed oxygen molecules within ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the most freshwater resources If you want to, you can skip our detailed discussion of global freshwater resources and analysis of industries ...

Despite its tropical climate and floodplain location, Bangladesh—one of the world's most densely populated nations—seasonally ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...