World Aquatic Animal Day is observed every year on April 3. The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of aquatic animals and the importance of protecting them to maintain our ecosystem.

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Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers in a new study. Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic ...

Until now, the link between rising water temperatures and higher mortality rates in aquatic animals was a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. Are they dying because they're unable to absorb enough ...

Can you tell a venomous aquatic creature from a non-venomous one? Test your knowledge of some of the world’s most dangerous underwater animals here. Most people, when asked, are able to name a few ...

Aquatic animals underpin global food systems, biodiversity, and ecosystem function, yet their health is increasingly threatened by a convergence of environmental, biological and human-driven pressures ...

Although the largest fish is the whale shark, which can typically weigh 20 tonnes, closely followed by the basking shark, this is far exceeded by various whale species. The largest is the blue whale, ...

FILE - Farm-raised Atlantic salmon move across a conveyor belt as they are brought aboard a harvesting boat on Oct. 12, 2008, near Eastport, Maine. The global total volume of fish, shrimp, clams and ...