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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Workers at Fairmount Water Works Mussel Hatchery agitate the water to ensure that mussel larvae are taken into the gills of the host fish. Scientists gathered around blue buckets filled with water and ...

Walleyes in northern Minnesota lakes infested by zebra mussels and spiny water fleas are growing at a slower rate than they did before the infestations. That was the bad news in a recent study by ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Invasive zebra mussels — the bane of water systems and power plants in the Great Lakes area ...

It is not a research lab like one would find at Mayo Clinic, or a big college or university. Its work will probably not make it into the esteemed journal, "Science." But just outside of the north end ...

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 ...

Mussels create byssal threads to attach themselves to rocks and each other. Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel's "beard," to attach themselves to rocks and each other. They use their ...