Populations of migratory freshwater fish have collapsed by 81% since 1970, according to the most recent Living Planet Index assessment, a decline steeper than nearly any other wildlife group on Earth.

A UN report links the rapid collapse to a combination of dam construction, river fragmentation, pollution, overfishing, and ...

The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years.

Migratory freshwater fish populations crucial to river health and sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people are in ...

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Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world's rivers ...

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A first-of-its-kind assessment of migratory freshwater fish brings to light many species in need of international protection.

Credit: Zeb Hogan One of Earth’s greatest migrations is vanishing underwater—and almost no one is paying attention. The world ...

Freshwater fish are vanishing from the world’s rivers, with migratory species down 81 percent due to dams, pollution, and ...

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 ...

Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal movements unfold – migrations that rival, in ...