The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has launched a challenge to stop invasive mussels that cost more than $1 billion a year.

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

What has black-and-white stripes, likes to settle on rocks, and has two D-shaped shells? That's right: zebra mussels. Otherwise known as the invasive species that's forcing out native mussel species, ...

When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades wreaking havoc on the environment. They’re not necessarily wrong.

New rounds of samples for the voracious creatures keep turning up positive, complicating containment The Colorado River is now officially “positive” for invasive zebra mussels for longer stretches in ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Wildlife officials are closer to finding a possible source of one of the state's most serious aquatic threats spreading through western Colorado, according to Colorado Parks ...

Discoveries of the invasive and damaging zebra mussels have been piling up in Western Colorado, with recent detections in Eagle County, the Colorado River and other waterways. Zebra mussels — and ...

You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife let Coloradans know that zebra mussels have been found in a private body of water in Eagle County this month. That marked progress from the creatures' first spotted ...

While invasive zebra mussels were first detected in Colorado in 2022, increased sampling and inspections led to additional ...