A swamp tour should leave visitors knowing why the environment works the way it does”— Milton Walker Jr. MARRERO, LA, ...

World Hippo Day 2026 delivers a clear message: strength alone does not ensure survival. With meaningful conservation efforts and continued action, future generations may still witness hippos resting ...

Imagine encountering a crocodile so rare that scientists once believed it no longer existed in the wild. This is the reality ...

Only 0.1% of wild salmon eggs survive the lifecycle through alevin, fry, parr, smolt and kelts, and their 5,000-mile swim downstream, across the Atlantic, and back again to spawn where they were born ...

Kakapo are flightless, nocturnal parrots shaped by an island history with few mammalian predators. Males use deep booming ...

Interest in the value of natural environments' carbon sequestration services has steadily increased over the past two decades. Consequently, there has been ...

Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...

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

A Eurasian otter moves along a mossy stream bank, surrounded by dense greenery. The image captures a brief pause as the animal remains alert within its freshwater habitat. The Trump administration ...

Connected rivers are the backbone of ecosystem-scale resilience. They move water, nutrients, and animals through landscapes and across borders. Yet for migratory freshwater fishes, the rivers they ...

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