Consider this world-class matchup of invasive species: New Zealand mudsnails versus Ukrainian quagga mussels. While both have been found in lakes Mead and Mohave in Southern Nevada, and mudsnails have ...

This is the time of year when one of the least-observed — but definitely one of the more fascinating — reproductive events that occurs in our Ozarks waterways begins to happen. August is when a number ...

The enemy is invisible to the naked eye and exists in numbers hard to comprehend - hundreds of trillions of them at every depth and in every cove. In the five years since they were first discovered in ...

Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Deen, who is the river steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council and a state representative from Westminster. He is the chair of the House Fish, ...

Only about 25 living adult specimens of the Canoe Creek clubshell were identified in recent surveys. (Frank Chitwood/Coosa Riverkeeper) (CN) — One of Alabama’s most recently discovered and rare ...

Two small mussels pulled from the gravel bottom of Michigan’s Black River in 2025 have rewritten what biologists thought they ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...