Artificial rivers and lakes can help keep freshwater mussel populations afloat

• Researchers at Murdoch University have found that artificial waterbodies could play a crucial role in slowing the decline of Carter’s freshwater mussel (Westralunio carteri), a v

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 132 words

Artificial rivers and lakes can help keep freshwater mussel populations afloat

• Researchers at Murdoch University have found that artificial waterbodies could play a crucial role in slowing the decline of Carter’s freshwater mussel (Westralunio carteri), a v

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 23, 2026) · 1 min · 132 words

Growing evidence that freshwater wildlife is impacted by microplastics

• Microplastics detected in droppings of freshwater birds across Europe • Study led by University of Glasgow, published in Environmental Research • Findings confirm widespread pres

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 128 words