It's not true that the mussels automatically shut off the city's water supply. When the mussels' shell movements trigger an ...

They were believed to be a reason for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain more than 2,000 years ago and once provided the ...

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

With the spring temperatures, boaters will soon be out in force. The winds are forecasted to let up later this week. Authorities have always cautioned the public about picking up hitchhikers on ...

In November of 2023, we posted an article that examined the possibilities of restoring freshwater mussels (of the family Unionidae) to the Niagara River. The article, originally posted by Jackie ...

Stanislaus National Forest is urging boaters to “exercise extreme caution/diligence” after the invasive species was ...

The Scottish Government and environment agency NatureScot must step in to protect “critically endangered” freshwater pearl ...

It would be a tragic irony if a population was wiped out because the body supposed to protect them didn’t do it’s job properly.

“Scotland’s freshwater pearl mussels have become critically endangered, yet the Scottish government and its own wildlife agency are failing to properly protect them,” said Peter Pound, a ...

Biological collection specialists are divers who travel around the country relocating freshwater mussels and other vulnerable aquatic species before river restoration projects begin. In September of ...

Zebra mussels are small, bivalve mollusks that thrive in freshwater environments by attaching themselves to surfaces such as rocks, boats, and pipes. “A zebra mussel is a little mollusk,” said ...

Scientists have discovered a 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil, which showed what was in its stomach.