Quarter of freshwater animals face extinction: Research
Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.
The assessment, published in the scientific journal Nature, found that 24 percent of animals living in freshwater, such as ponds, streams, lakes, rivers and wetlands, are at high risk of going extinct.
Catherine Sayer, the Freshwater Biodiversity Lead at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the lead author of the study, said........
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