Quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction, conservationists warn - A major global analysis examined the extinction ...

The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...

A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...

Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species, a zoologist and study ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new research.

A QUARTER of freshwater creatures are at a high risk of extinction, a new study warns. Of the groups studied, crabs, crayfish ...

who leads a Species Survival Commission task force for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Since 1993, at least 28 bird and mammal species have been saved from extinction because ...

The decision was announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ... means a species has under 10,000 breeding animals left, with a population decline of at least 10% ...

The study examined population densities of more than 70,000 animals and ... measured by "threat conservation categories". The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has kept a ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction worldwide according to a new research ...