The Tennessee Aquarium is flexing its mussels with a brand-new exhibit that shines a spotlight on some of the river’s most ...

Whiskeytown and other California waters are in danger of being invaded by 1 of the state's latest invasive species, golden ...

Orangefoot Pimpleback. Monkeyface. Fuzzy Pigtoe. Despite their playful monikers, mussels are rock-like animals that play a serious role in improving water qual ...

Faced with the rapid spread of golden mussels across California waterways, state and federal officials are imposing strict ...

The Snake River closure due to quagga mussels has been lifted. A six-mile stretch below the high-water mark near Twin Falls ...

Boaters in Stanislaus County and beyond can join the battle against a new invasive creature.

How to help stop golden mussels from entering Whiskeytown Lake ... and could potentially devastate Whiskeytown Lake’s other freshwater bodies’ ecosystems. The state recently began to require ...

The mussels, native to Asia, damage water infrastructure, degrade ecosystems and compete with native species. Since their discovery in the Port of Stockton in October, the freshwater bivalves have ...

Zebra mussels are small, freshwater mussels that originated from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine. However, this species has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas and has ...

It is the first time that invasive golden mussels were discovered in North America. The non-native, freshwater bivalve was first discovered at the Port of Stockton and has since spread as far as O ...

A growing aquatic threat in California has prompted the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to adopt stricter inspection requirements for motorized watercraft entering Lake Tahoe. TRPA’s governing ...