Freshwater mussels are emerging as heroes of the environment, acting as the "livers of our rivers" by filtering gallons of ...

A Next Generation Newsroom report revealed a marked uptick in freshwater mussel sightings, including the discovery of a ...

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They are among the most serious aquatic ...

Federal regulators designated two U.S. freshwater mussels as threatened on Wednesday, a further sign of trouble for native mollusks that help cleanse waters by filtering out pollutants as they feed.

Aquatic biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and a small crew of volunteers waded into Dunkard Creek in ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

Should you come upon some laundry baskets being kept afloat in the water by brightly-colored pool noodles at a DuPage County forest preserve, be aware that they’re neither trash nor a prank. Their ...

The Northwest’s freshwater mussels are in trouble, rapidly declining in almost every population biologists study. Take 2005, when biologists counted historic numbers of freshwater mussels in the North ...

The Niagara River is a powerful force in Western New York, helping to supply electricity to areas throughout the entire state — and the fate of its water quality relies heavily on fish and their ...

Prince William County's Department of Public Works, Environmental Management Division, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators designated two U.S. freshwater mussels as threatened on Wednesday, a further sign of trouble for native mollusks that help cleanse waters by filtering ...