AUSTIN (KXAN) — In 2017, the alarms were sounded as Zebra mussels were found in the Highland Lakes. The invasive species was first discovered in the Great Lakes more than 30 years ago, and since that ...

They are only about the size of a fingernail, these miniature mollusks whose common name comes from the black stripes on the razor-sharp shells formed from calcium and other minerals the animal they ...

In September the S.C. Department of Natural Resources released into the wild on U.S. Forest Service property the first group of Carolina Heelsplitters raised by agency biologists. These rare ...

Grand Council Treaty 3 — the traditional government of the Anishinaabe nation — is expanding its annual zebra mussel ...

Odds are good you didn’t even known freshwater mussels are native to the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest — including those that run right through the heart of Clark County. That’s not at ...

Supervisors declared a local emergency as the invasive species continue spreading through California waterways.

You wouldn’t find it if you didn’t know where to look. But six miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, amid strong currents, monster waves and Great White sharks, a 100-acre underwater ...

Sacramento County's Board of Supervisors will consider taking emergency action on Tuesday to address the growing threat of ...

We head to American Mussel Harvesters, Inc. and Rhody Wild Gardens located in North Kingstown, RI, to discuss harvesting mussels and warming waters in Narragansett Bay; how mussels act as a filter for ...

Freshwater ecosystems, including rivers, are home to 10% of all known animal species. Yet at the same time, they are losing their species diversity faster than any other ecosystem type globally.

As a third generation resident of the Lake Minnewashta area, I am writing to express my growing concern about the various negative impacts the zebra mussels have on our ecosystem, our economy, and our ...