The first global assessment of freshwater species across multiple taxonomic groups has revealed that one quarter of the 23,496 freshwater species surveyed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ are threatened by extinction, in a paper published by Nature. But the scale of the freshwater biodiversity crisis told in these numbers could overwhelm [...]
The first global assessment of freshwater animals across multiple taxonomic groups has revealed that one quarter of the 23,496 freshwater species surveyed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ are threatened by extinction. The research included decapod crustaceans (shrimp, crabs, and crayfish), odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), and fish, and revealed that these are [...]
Pria Ghosh joined the Synchronicity Earth research team in October 2020. With her expertise in amphibian conservation and particularly in amphibian disease, Pria was well placed to take the lead on our amphibian conservation programme. In this interview, she talks about how she came to work with amphibians, describes her new role at Synchronicity [...]