Global warming and pollution both have a detrimental effect on the environment but little is known about their combined effects. A study based on metal-doped nanoplastics shows how temperature ...

The dwarf freshwater stingray commonly known as the Black tailed antenna ray in the aquarium trade has finally been formally named in a recent issue of the journal Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. Marcelo ...

Around 3% of the water on Earth is fresh water; much of this is ice, but the rest forms a wide variety of biodiverse freshwater habitats, including rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, streams and other ...

A “toadlet” in Brazil is the second-smallest vertebrate known to exist on the planet. By Sofia Quaglia At 6.95 tiny millimeters in length, this creature could fit on your fingertip. It is ...

The next SFG meeting will take place on Thursday 24 October as a hybrid event. The meeting will support a mix of presentations and focused discussion on "DNA-based assessments of freshwater ecosystems ...

Hundreds of the freshwater crayfish have been illegally taken from WA waterways in the past year, according to state government data. Hundreds of marron have been taken from West Australian ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener.

In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting Gliese 229 – a red dwarf star located about 19 light-years from Earth.

This artwork highlights a pair of recently uncovered brown dwarf twins, named Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb. Gliese 229B, discovered in 1995, was the first-ever confirmed brown dwarf, but until ...

Previously within Environment and Climate Change Canada for an interim period, the new independent Agency will strengthen freshwater management in Canada by providing leadership and improved ...

Toxic algae blooms can make people, pets, and livestock sick. We offer a funding program to address problem blooms. The Freshwater Algae Program (FAP) has an annual funding cycle for projects to ...