Liberal philanthropist Lynde Uihlein gave $10 million to UWM to support the only graduate school of freshwater sciences in the country.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a protein from the quagga mussel that can stick to surfaces ...

Freshwater ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their physical environmental in freshwater ecosystems. Researchers in this area seek to understand the ecosystem ...

Researchers say released pet goldfish can grow, reproduce and alter shallow freshwater ecosystems once established in the ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...

Seen from space, our planet looks like a blue ball with most of its surface covered by oceans. However, while the Earth is blessed with an abundance of water, the vast majority of it is undrinkable, ...

They’re tiny, they’re widespread, and they’re inside the fish you might be grilling this weekend. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is ...

Life revolves around water in this quiet fishing village in Brazil’s southern Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland. Here, a ...

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), also known as the giant river prawn and giant tiger prawn, is a close relative to marine shrimp. They are one of over 950 species in the Palaemonidae ...