Consider this world-class matchup of invasive species: New Zealand mudsnails versus Ukrainian quagga mussels. While both have been found in lakes Mead and Mohave in Southern Nevada, and mudsnails have ...

Despite last year's catastrophic flooding of the Iowa River, researchers last week found six specimens they believe to be the endangered Higgins eye pearly mussel. “We're pretty sure that's what they ...

This is the time of year when one of the least-observed — but definitely one of the more fascinating — reproductive events that occurs in our Ozarks waterways begins to happen. August is when a number ...

The data he studies includes population density, species diversity and water quality indicators. At the same time, he is ...

Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Deen, who is the river steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council and a state representative from Westminster. He is the chair of the House Fish, ...

Only about 25 living adult specimens of the Canoe Creek clubshell were identified in recent surveys. (Frank Chitwood/Coosa Riverkeeper) (CN) — One of Alabama’s most recently discovered and rare ...

Part of the middle Snake River quagga mussel treatment area in south-central Idaho in the fall of 2023. Quagga mussel monitoring in the Middle Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho, is expected to start ...

It has been confirmed that fiber-shaped polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics negatively impact the reproductive and nervous systems of marine life. On the 25th, the Korea Institute of ...

Horse mussels are massive. Given a chance, the shellfish can grow to almost half a metre long. University of Auckland marine scientist Jenny Hillman says that until the 1990s, these huge shellfish ...

The Fairmount Water Works is showing off its mussels. A new, permanent exhibit at the former municipal pumping station near the Art Museum of Philadelphia, opening Friday, will feature mussels as ...

Like many sea creatures, mussels along Oregon’s coastline are struggling. Their population took a sudden nose dive this summer, and researchers aren’t sure what’s behind the die-off. This mystery is ...