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‼️ Important announcement ‼️ From today, SHOAL will no longer post, comment, follow or DM on X. We can no longer justify the problematic elements of the platform by engaging with it, and will cease all activity. Thanks for being part of the journey 🐟 🐠 🌍
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The team, looking at a tank full of critically endangered, likely undescribed, new species Betta burdigala sp. bangka. Adults collected for broodstock for our captive breeding programme Work supported by @Shoal_Org @ScienceLeeds @VerylHasan
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Never underestimate the power of freshwater mussels. 💪🏼
Photo of two tanks showing the impact of freshwater mussels' pumping power. The one on the left had no mussels and the one on the right had fifteen mussels. In just 90 minutes, the mussels cleared the tank of suspended particles

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ICYMI: a round-up of recent freshwater news from around the world 🐸 Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns: buff.ly/3ZUC6f0 🐍 The world’s largest freshwater fishery is drying up - locals look to eels for help: buff.ly/4hJbPqk
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🐟 Soil-dwelling fish dug up in rainforest of Costa Rica. It’s an ‘unusual’ new species: buff.ly/4hJFgJ8 🐡 A New Cave Fish with extremely small population size from western Guizhou, China: buff.ly/3YDmQAZ
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🌊 Rivers are Connected. Actions to Protect Them Must Be Connected Too: buff.ly/3Ax3bdW Find out more about freshwater 👇 buff.ly/2SFShqf
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Happy #Halloween, let’s talk about the Table Mountain ghost frog 👻🐸 They may sound supernatural, but the ghost frog and the threats they face are very real. Head to our blog to learn more about these spooky little guys: buff.ly/4dIxrjr
Photograph of the Table Mountain Ghost Frog in the wild. Text says: "Throwback Blog: Happy Halloween, let’s talk about the Table Mountain ghost frog"

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🌍 SHOAL partner Michael Köck is on tour! He's on a journey across Europe to zoos, public aquaria and museums to engage stakeholders about Plan G* *the conservation plan to save Mexico's highly threatened Goodeids Part 3 of his trip is on our blog now: buff.ly/4h5OIpT
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🌍 SHOAL partner Michael Köck is embarking on a European tour of zoos, aquaria and museums to engage stakeholders in goodeid conservation Read our interview with him now on our blog 👇 buff.ly/3Yktf55
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🌍 SHOAL partner Michael Köck is on tour! He's on a journey across Europe to zoos, public aquaria and museums to engage stakeholders about Plan G* *the conservation plan to save Mexico's highly threatened Goodeids Part 2 of his trip is on our blog now: buff.ly/4dKV22X
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Only one-third of Europe's surface water is in good health, warns European Environment Agency. Climate change, habitat degradation, freshwater overuse and pollution are key threats ⚠️ france24.com/en/europe/20241…

Only one-third of Europe's surface water is in good health, report warns

Only 37 percent of Europe’s surface waters are in good condition, warns the European Environment Agency. Climate change, habitat degradation, freshwater overuse and pollution are key threats. "Our...

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Today in London, thousands of protesters took to the streets to hold the UK government accountable for its repeated failings in cleaning up the sh*tty state of the nation’s rivers and coast 💩 🤢 🧵 1/3
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The UK’s waters are among the worst in Europe in terms of ecological health, with sewage and agricultural effluent pouring into them daily, putting immense pressure on the life support systems that species need to survive. 🧵 2/3
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The time for action is long overdue. We demand policy change NOW to halt the drastic decline in water health, before the life is drained from them. #marchforcleanwater #ukrivers #riveraction 🧵 3/3
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ICYMI: a round-up of recent freshwater news from around the world 🇧🇷 ‘Losing Noah’s Ark’: Brazil’s plan to turn the Pantanal into waterway threatens world’s biggest wetland: buff.ly/4eJ5aKV
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Rivers are Connected. Actions to Protect Them Must Be Connected Too. The health of freshwater systems is core to that of surrounding landscapes – but much more must be done to factor freshwater health into conserved area management 👇 iucn.org/crossroads-blog/202… @MicheleThieme

Rivers are connected. Actions to protect them must be connected too

The health of freshwater systems is core to the health of surrounding landscapes — but not nearly enough is being done to factor it into how protected and conserved areas are designed and managed.

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Scientists have definitive proof that ghosts exist!👻 But this is no phantom, and no horror story: the Critically Endangered Giant Salmon Carp – the Mekong Ghost – has been recorded for the first time since 2005 signalling fresh hope for the Mekong region shoalconservation.org/mekong…
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Happy #Halloween, let’s talk about the Table Mountain ghost frog 👻🐸 They may sound supernatural, but the ghost frog and the threats they face are very real. Head to our blog to learn more about these spooky little guys: buff.ly/4dIxrjr
Photograph of the Table Mountain Ghost Frog in the wild. Text says: "Throwback Blog: Happy Halloween, let’s talk about the Table Mountain ghost frog"

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New species discovered in China! 🐠 👀 Scientists found a shimmering creature with “rather large” eyes in rivers of Zhejiang Province Read more 👇 miamiherald.com/news/nation-… #NewSpecies

Shimmering river creature with ‘rather large’ eyes found in China. It’s a new species

Photos show the scaly animal’s “iridescent” color.

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