Choosing a fish as a pet opens the door to a captivating underwater world. However, the decision between freshwater fish and saltwater fish involves more than just their aquatic environment.

Creating a vibrant and visually appealing freshwater aquarium is a rewarding endeavor. One of the most exciting aspects is choosing fish that add a splash of color and bring life to the tank.

It’s an extraordinary fact: 51% of all known species of fish live in freshwater - 18,075 species. And more are being discovered all the time. But few people have any idea of the unimaginable diversity ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world ... where their more commonly known relatives live. These ancient fish, little changed over many millions of years, can reach 16.5 feet long ...

Do alligators live in saltwater or freshwater? Do crocodiles live in freshwater or saltwater? Can alligators and crocodiles live in both? It’s not as cut-and-dry as you might think. The answers ...

Some Hong Kong seafood suppliers have suffered a 30 per cent drop in business amid fears over a potentially deadly bacterial infection linked to raw freshwater fish, a sector leader has said ...

A report has warned of a "catastrophic" decline in freshwater fish, with nearly a third threatened by extinction. Conservation groups said 80 species were known to have gone extinct, 16 in the ...

Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the world — over 80 species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and >20 species have recently gone extinct. As such, ...

A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say. It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide would lack their prime source of protein without freshwater fish. Yet the lakes ...

Unsafe water has had severe health and financial costs. Rising water consumption is putting pressure on water resources: by 2030 nearly half the world's population will live in areas of high water ...

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