One of Europe's largest lakes is the site of controversy as the Montenegro Resort Company begins work on a 600-guest resort amid a tourism boom. According to the Guardian, conservationists in and ...

For a place that many people have barely heard of, this beautiful body of water has enough names. Depending where you come from, it could be Shkodra, Shkodër or Scutari, but to most visitors it’s ...

The Skadar Lake system at the border of Montenegro and Albania is a well-known hotspot of freshwater biodiversity and harbors a highly diverse mollusc fauna. As in many of the Balkan lakes, the ...

Lake Shkoder -- the largest lake in the Balkans and surely one of the most beautiful -- has faced a variety of environmental threats over the past decade on both its Albanian and Montenegrin sides.

Banned in Montenegro but beloved in Albania, traditional ‘daljani', or fish weirs, are being blamed for a dramatic fall in fish stocks in Lake Skadar. Dzelal Hodzic fondly remembers the biggest catch ...

Illegal fishers in the environmentally endangered Lake Skadar are seen as the likely culprits behind Thursday night’s arson attack on the home of a well-known activist battling to keep poachers at bay ...

Environment and social impact analysis of a Montenegro government decision to build four dams on the Morača river has been inadequate and an urgent comprehensive review is needed of the 40 year old ...

At least one person has drowned and three others are missing after a small tourist boat capsized during adverse weather on a lake in southern Montenegro. Police and rescue services on February 3 said ...

The Gastropoda, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large group of animals within the phylum Mollusca. Gastropоds species are extremely diverse in forms and sizes, ranging from microscopic ...