Estuaries have provided food resources for thousands of years and are home to important historical and contemporary cultural sites. Today, 87% of Australians live within 50km of the sea.

That makes Rufus Wakeman, who lives on the shores of the estuaries, even more upset with this situation. “It’s terrifying, it’s very, very frustrating," Wakeman shared.

That’s the key finding from a new University of Glasgow study on the Clyde Estuary, which warns that bigger estuaries may ...

In Australia’s mangrove-lined mudflats and estuaries live armour-plated mud-dwellers with massive bone-crunching claws. Emerging from muddy holes and hides with the ebb and flow of the tides, the ...

Estuaries across England and Wales are at risk of losing important habitat as it is “squeezed” out by rising seas and human development, a study warns.. Estuaries are key for wildlife such as ...

From southbound cane toads to invasive weeds and fluctuating fish stocks, a novel technique called eDNA has revealed what's in NSW waterways—and how it's influenced by natural disasters.

Estuaries are nurseries where many marine animals begin their lives. South Florida's estuaries are home to critical habitats such as seagrass meadows, and adjacent waters in the Florida Keys are ...

Two estuaries in the South East are among those most at risk of losing important habitats to rising seas and human development, a study warns.

Unlike most shark species that spend their entire lives in the ocean, bull sharks use freshwater estuaries, areas where rivers or streams meet the ocean, as nurseries for their young, researchers ...

As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution. Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at ...

Estuaries across England and Wales are at risk of losing important habitat as it is “squeezed” out by rising seas and human development, a study warns. Estuaries are key for wildlife such as wading ...