By Mongabay.com Water covers most of our planet, yet less than 3% of it is freshwater and most of it is contained in glaciers, making it not readily usable. Contamination and overuse threaten the ...

Freshwater makes up less than three percent of Earth’s water supply but is home to almost half of all fish species. Puerto Rican mountain mullet reside in El Yunque National Forest. Known to the ...

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 ...

Going fishing this summer? Close your eyes and imagine yourself reeling in one of these monsters: A 65-pound carp. A 14-pound catfish. A 42-pound Muskellunge. It can happen. It has happened. These ...

Few people probably realize that in the rivers and lakes of the Amazon rainforest large stingrays glide, searching for crustaceans and small fish. Equipped with a powerful barbed tail they are often ...

Robert Lennox received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada during his PhD at Carleton University. He is a member of Ocean Tracking Network Canada and is ...

We may never really know precisely what the biggest fish ever caught was — or who caught it, or where. The world’s waters are deep and mysterious places, and the best fishermen are good at keeping ...