Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally recognized for its astounding biodiversity. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Researchers have developed a model incorporating recreational freshwater ecosystem services like fishing and swimming into water allocation policies. The study shows that increasing demand for ...

Freshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and wetlands have crucial roles in global biogeochemical cycles and in supporting human wellbeing through a variety of ecosystem services. However, ...

At the Great Lakes Day summit, politicians and officials of all stripes gather in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. For years, ...

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists. The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be ...

A new online resource combines data from 45 different natural history collections to provide easy-to-use information on America’s threatened freshwater mussels Jack Tamisiea The National Museum of ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be restored? A snorkeler explores the fish-filled depths of Tobacco Patch ...

Emmanuel O. Akindele works for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and received funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a research fellowship at the Leibniz Institute of ...