As the magnitude of water shortage issues arise globally, National Geographic Explorers along with the World Freshwater Initiative highlight stories of the communities facing critical challenges.

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s ... though such accounts are not verified because weighing the enormous and awkward animals is very difficult. Brown to gray in color, the ...

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going extinct, according to a new, global study that was published on Wednesday.