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Freshwater wildlife faces extinction spiral as crisis explodes

Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...
Los Angeles Times

Nation’s largest freshwater fish could be added to California’s threatened species list

The largest freshwater fish in North America, which was once abundant in California’s major rivers and San Francisco Bay, has declined in numbers to a point that state officials will consider whether ...

Study: 25% of freshwater species could go extinct, impacting Arizona’s wildlife

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish species ...
Mongabay

1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

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 study found ...
ABC7 San Francisco

World's freshwater fish at risk of extinction, experts say. Here's how it could affect you

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Concerning findings about the world's freshwater fish population, 25% are in danger of extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It's a ...
USA Today

'A really sobering moment:' English zoo fights extinction of freshwater Boxer pupfish

A zoo in southwest England is working to rescue a freshwater fish species, considered one of the "most imperiled groups of animals on earth" from extinction. Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, a town in ...
Yahoo

California freshwater fish found to be teeming with parasites. How to keep from getting sick

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Largemouth bass were among fish analyzed for parasites. (DEA / A. CALEGARI / Getty Images) More than 90% of popular freshwater ...