freshwater Archives - Cottage Life

Meet the white sturgeon

Outdoors

Cottage on the ocean in Victoria BC

New research shows “neonic” pesticides damage ocean ecosystems

Outdoors

fishmas

25 Days of Fishmas celebrates aquatic diversity of the Great Lakes

General

Person picking up trash on a beach.

Australians design floating trash bin that catches garbage, oil, fuel, and detergents

General

The coast of Lake Superior in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, U.S.

Global study finds Lake Superior to be second-fastest warming lake

General

Collection of zebra mussels on the bank of a lake shore.

Manitoba employing dogs to sniff out invasive zebra mussels

General

Close-up of the white teeth of the pacu fish.

Let’s all pray this testicle-eating fish never makes it to Canadian lakes

General

Green algae covers a lake surrounded by trees.

Blue-green algae warnings issued for two Alberta lakes

General

Translucent freshwater jellyfish.

Jellyfish sightings in cottage country

General

Overhead view of underwater bryozoans, or moss animals.

What are the blobs that attach to underwater weeds in the lake?

Outdoors

Freshwater clams underwater in a river.

Are freshwater clams toxic?

Outdoors