Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Most Americans know mussels as thumb-sized shellfish that occasionally adorn restaurant dinner ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a protein from the quagga mussel that can stick to surfaces ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a protein from the quagga mussel that can stick to surfaces ...

A mysterious die-off of freshwater mussels has biologists scrambling to figure out a cause. Freshwater mussels are critical to river ecosystems and to U.S. water supplies. We take certain parts of the ...

An invasive species never before documented in the United States was eradicated throughout summer and fall of this year. The Chinese pond mussels were discovered in the ponds of a former fish farm in ...

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 ...

RARITAN TOWNSHIP – The invaders have been repelled. Thanks to the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Chinese pond mussels, an invasive species that could wreak biological havoc in the environment, ...

Four freshwater mussel species now have additional federal protections as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designates over ...

Larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel can give protection against bacterial infection Glochidium larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel attach to salmon or trout gills, where they develop and grow for ...

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.