Union Minister of Jal Shakti C.R. Patil has stressed the need for increasing community participation in projects related t ...

A major focus of the review was the discussion around the structured, multidisciplinary conservation plan developed by WII ...

A Japanese network is using a new technology to monitor aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) — the tiny fragments of DNA that organisms shed. “Traditional ecosystem surveys ...

Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. Scientists at the ...

The southeast United States is a place of unparalleled aquatic biodiversity, harboring 493 fishes (62% of U.S. fish species), at least 269 mussels (91% of U.S. mussel species), and 241 dragonflies and ...

The study revealed that the number of species in sites affected by human activity is, on average, nearly 20% lower compared ...

"It is one of the largest syntheses of the human impacts on biodiversity ever conducted worldwide," says Florian Altermatt, professor of aquatic ecology at the University of Zurich and head of a ...

Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) maintain the balance of pond ecosystems. They feed on other aquatic organisms, such as mosquito ...

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri C. R. Patil, chaired a review meeting of various projects implemented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and supported by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in New ...