Gar (named for the Anglo-Saxon word for "spear") are freshwater fish found in the warmer rivers and lakes of the southern U.S., Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. They are highly ...

However, artisanal and subsistence fishers also catch freshwater fish in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, which are rarely documented. Freshwater fisheries are also under pressure - pollution, ...

The Southeast also contains more than two-thirds of North America's species and ... the Service protected five southeastern fish species and was moving forward on protection decisions for no fewer ...

The first-day-of-issue event for the Freshwater Fishing Lures stamps is free and open to the public. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #FishingLuresStamps. John DiPeri, vice ...

The documentation of salmon-eating northern pike in Southcentral estuaries, a North American first, shows a new way for the invasive species to spread ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — A first-of-its-kind study has an alarming conclusion: a quarter of all freshwater fish species could ... Central Africa, India, and South America will see the most ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater creatures, from fish to dragonflies ... Lake Titicaca in South America, Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone and the Western Ghats of India. Rivers, lakes, streams and freshwater ...

The study’s authors urge increased investment in research to address data deficiency, particularly in groups like freshwater mollusks. Banner image of discus fish by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.