A recent freshwater mussel survey conducted at Beanblossom Creek has revealed strong and thriving mussel populations, according to biologists with the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Looking forward to the 10th anniversary of the American debut of the zebra mussel and looking back at the tens of millions of dollars of damage the miniature mollusk has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Fish and Wildlife deploys divers to check for highly invasive quagga mussels on the bottom of boats in Lake Powell, Arizona ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the early 1900s, closer to a time when Kentucky was an unspoiled Eden, jewel-like freshwater mussels paved the beds of the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the salamander mussel as an endangered species. A species of freshwater mussel found in pockets of the Allegheny River might soon be protected ...

A mussel has been captured on video flapping its mantle in an attempt to lure a fish to involuntarily serve as a host for its larvae. The short clip, which was posted online by the West Virginia ...

Nota bene: This here is the 100th Absurd Creature of the Week! In case you missed it, this week we've been revisiting our favorite critters from the past two years. Check out our choices for the most ...

A decade ago, when news broke that zebra mussels had found their way to Cass Lake, I was dismayed but not surprised. Since escaping from the ballast of an ocean-going vessel in Lake Superior sometime ...

Ecologist Jonathan Young steered his rowboat alongside a rectangular container that was floating between two bright orange buoys. He reached under a plastic mesh covering and pulled out a large black ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive species, in Fish Hook Lake north of Park Rapids. In October, the DNR ...