Aims: Climate change is expected to have profound effects on species' distributions into the future. Freshwater fishes, an important component of freshwater ecosystems, are no exception. Here, we ...

Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts, researchers have found. Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are ...

A new global study reveals that nearly one in four freshwater animal species is at high risk of extinction, scientists warn.

Thousands of fish species are facing "catastrophic" decline — threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world. New research shows that ...

New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process. When ancient marine fish transitioned from ...

illustration: A school of Ferruaspis is chased by the extinct platypus, Obdurodon. Named after Professor Jochen J. Brocks from the Australian National University, who discovered several of the ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

First comprehensive assessment of the world’s freshwater fish species reveals that 25% are at risk of extinction. Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from freshwater fishes to ...

The human population shows no signs of being threatened, though the same can’t be said for our fellow animals. In particular, freshwater fish, which humans have used for food, sport and as pets for ...

LONDON — Nearly a third of all freshwater fish species are threatened by extinction, according to a new report released by 16 conservation groups on Tuesday. " The World’s Forgotten Fishes" says that ...