The particles include soil as well as plant and animal detritus. Organic particles in the runoff contribute to the food base in stream and river ecosystems. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt can greatly ...

For them the carefully filtered, aerated water offers the breath of life, whereas their natural homes—streams and rivers in the southeastern ... Freshwater animals are under siege all over ...

Chive is the third red river hog birth at the Nashville Zoo. Though red river hogs are not endangered, the zoo works with ...

Rivers are the lifeblood of many plant, animal, and human communities ... Ironically, it was often rivers and streams that attracted people in the first place, but those very sources of life ...

Our rivers and streams, when they’re healthy, are home to all kinds of animals, fish, insects and plants – from water voles, otters, salmon and trout to kingfishers, herons, newts and frogs.