Been fishing lately and seen a blob in the water? It could actually a colony of small animals. Here's what to know about the ...

The swamp is a forested wetland made up of both water and land. Swamp animals include mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, ...

Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the world — over 80 species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and >20 species have recently gone extinct. As such, ...

Two researchers identified methodological and statistical errors in the largest database on global changes in invertebrate ...

Freshwater ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of terrestrial aquatic systems, including rivers, lakes and ponds. It includes the community ecology of these ecosystems, as well as ...

While wild ducks still consume plants during the warming season, there’s a heavier reliance on animal-based protein (bugs, in ...

The Hranice Abyss — or "Hranická propast," in Czech — is the deepest known freshwater cave in the world. Geologists think it could extend more than half a mile (1 kilometer) below Earth's ...

The Bethany Beach Firefly has officially been recommended to the Endangered Species List. Here's what that means.

In a stark illustration of the planet’s declining biodiversity, the World Wildlife Fund has reported a 73 percent drop in the average size of wildlife populations worldwide over the past five decades.

Lamprologini: This tribe encompasses the vast majority of Tanganyika cichlids, including popular genera such as Altolamprologus, Neolamprologus, and Tropheus. Lamprologini species exhibit diverse ...

Tonight will be cloudy with a band of rain moving in from the west, which will be heavy at times. A breezy night with south-easterly winds. Friday Tomorrow morning will see cloud and rain clearing ...

Invertebrates in this colony, known as the bryozoan or "moss animals," reside in the eastern parts of the country in its freshwater drainages, including Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of ...