June 3rd, 2013 — 8:46pm
© Michael Lo
In the second part of an interview with Paul Jepson from the University of Oxford, Will Darwall, Head of the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, suggests that formation of a single, unified group of scientists and conservationists may help give voice to the crisis affecting the planet’s freshwaters. Continue reading »
Category: Conservation, News | Tags: aquarium, biodiversity, conservation, fish, IUCN, water and biodiversity, Will Darwall |
May 30th, 2013 — 7:55pm
© Rune Evjeberg
Maintaining what remains of freshwater biodiversity is set to become one of the planet’s biggest challenges in the coming decades with up to 50 % of global wetlands already lost in the last century and habitat degradation continuing at an alarming rate. Continue reading »
Category: Conservation, News | Tags: biodiversity, conservation, fish, freshwater, water and biodiversty, Will Darwall |
May 14th, 2013 — 4:24pm
H. fasciata exists in a number of colour forms © Hayath
Regular readers will remember that the species formerly known as Puntius fasciatus plus its closest relatives were placed into the new genus Dravidia a few months ago as part of Continue reading »
Category: Ichthyology, News | Tags: Dravidia, Haludaria, Pethiyagoda, Puntius, Zootaxa |
May 2nd, 2013 — 8:01pm
© W. J. E. M. Costa
A new member of the genus Nematocharax from Bahia state, eastern Brazil is just the second member of the genus known to date. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: Brazil, Characid, Nematocharax, tetra |
The Desert Fish Habitat Partnership
[...] Harsh as it may be, the desert is nothing if not full of life. The lack of water means that life is far more broadly distributed, concentrating ...
13th Jun 2013
Survey closed!
It's Betta kuehnei :) http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/betta-kuehnei/
9th Jun 2013
Survey closed!
Not meaning to sound thick, but what is the species pictured above?
8th Jun 2013
Apple snails eggs contain unique poison
[...] Es gibt was neues zum Thema Pomacea, vielleicht sieht man das ja als Grund, ein verbot aufrecht zu erhalten Ein potetes Gift in den Eiern http:...
5th Jun 2013
Is freshwater advocacy group the solution?
All great ideas Joyban and couldn't agree more with what you say. IUCN Red List information on species could be updated more dynamically that way too ...
4th Jun 2013