Since 1500, the study finds, 89 freshwater species have gone extinct—and an additional 178 are suspected to be gone. With the ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater creatures, from fish to dragonflies, are at a high risk of extinction worldwide, scientists have warned. The global assessment of freshwater animals on the ...

The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction.. The largest ...

Nearly one in four freshwater fish species, crustaceans and dragonflies are at 'high risk of' extinction, scientists warn. By COLIN FERNANDEZ ENVIRONMENT EDITOR. Published: 20:06 EDT, 8 January ...

While shocking, this figure of 24% of freshwater species threatened with extinction is comparable with the estimate for predominantly land-based amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, of which ...

A whopping 35 freshwater fish are being recommended for national listings as being at risk of extinction after an Australia-wide survey. One species, the Kangaroo River perch, is also thought to ...

For the study, researchers assessed 23,496 species of freshwater animals, determining that 24 percent were threatened with extinction. At least 4,294 species are considered at a high risk ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.

Of the 23,496 freshwater animal species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List – including fish, crabs, crayfish and even dragonflies – 4,294 were found to be at ...

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp.