There’s a new aquatic invasive species on the watch-list for boaters looking to enter Montana waterways this year. Montana ...

STARTING TODAY, A NEW BOAT LAUNCH RESTRICTIONS GO INTO EFFECT AT JENKINSON LAKE IN EL DORADO COUNTY. IT’S ALL PART OF AN EXPANDING EFFORT TO KEEP THE INVASIVE GOLDEN MUSSELS FROM FINDING ITS WAY INTO ...

Freshwater mussels are the kind most people don't even know exist. They live for decades—more than a century in some cases.

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 ...

RANCHO SECO – Before you go in the water at Rancho Seco Lake, you need to let a dog sniff your boat. This is all part of the fight against the invasive golden mussel that has been detected in several ...

Biologists at the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have discovered a new species and genus of mussel called Ligodonta obscura, or the solstice creekmussel. The mussel was first found in ...

Have you ever wondered how mussels instantly glue themselves to rocks, allowing them to survive the crushing force of ocean ...

Emily Longman (left) and lab technician Sarah Merolla (right) preparing to sample the mussel bed community at Dillon Beach, California. Credit: Eric Sanford, UC Davis A mussel bed along Northern ...