Millions of kilometers of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug ...

Aquatic communities contribute to overall biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services but are threatened by ...

In the UK, people use millions of washing-up liquid bottles on a yearly basis. These plastic items, along with the harmful ...

A global study led by McGill University estimates that 8,500 tonnes of antibiotics enter river systems annually, mostly from ...

The samples were taken from the bottom of a lake in the Ipiranga Fountains State Park. The analysis showed a strong ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" event, scientists said in a new ...

Echidnas have also been found to have a diving reflex triggered when immersed in water that helps conserve oxygen and prolong breath-holding, and a study of a respiratory protein called myoglobin in ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most ...

While mammals commonly evolve from land to water, such as whales, dolphins, dugongs, seals, walruses, otters and beavers, it is "extremely rare" for the process to reverse, said the study's lead ...