Thousands of fish around the Australian Outback town of Menindee have washed up in recent weeks, clogging a major river, and scientists believe depleted oxygen levels are to blame.

It’s the latest clash over a river basin in New South Wales, Australia, in an arid land where social, economic and environmental interests collide over water issues.

Millions of dead fish have been found dead in an Australian river due to dangerously low oxygen levels in the water caused by receding flood waters, government officials said.

STORY: It follows fish deaths in the same area in 2018 and 2019 where up to a million fish died from poor water flow, poor water quality, and sudden temperature changes.The NSW Department of ...

A small Australian town has been inundated with millions of putrid-smelling dead fish following a mass-dying event. The phenomenon is ongoing in the Darling River in the town of Menindee, which is ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by depleted oxygen levels in the river after ...