1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

Mongabay
Jan 14, 2025, 10:57 am72 pts
The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The largest number of these threatened species are found in East Africa’s Lake Victoria, South America’s Lake Titicaca, Sri…

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