Water tanks line a room in Philadelphia’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers ...

At its regular meeting Sept. 18, the Environmental Commission heard updates on Austin’s freshwater mussel population from ...

Pearls are rare gems formed inside oysters and mussels. Found in oceans and rivers, they can be natural or cultured. Tap to ...

Austin's freshwater mussels, notably the Texas fatmucket, are garnering conservation efforts for their water purification ...

The role of native mussels in that fight may be crucial — but only if they survive competition with non-native invasive mussels in fresh water havens like the Great Lakes. Invasive mussels have ...

Native freshwater mussels play a remarkable role in cleaning the environment, Annis said. They eat nutrients that cause scummy and dangerous harmful algal blooms and eat E. coli, the bacteria ...

SAUK CITY, Wis. — The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway (FLOW) are hoping to bring more volunteers to continue to save freshwater mussels when necessary ...

One animal that can be squeezed out by low water is mussels. Lisie Kitchel, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: They're basically just, you know, a mollusk with two shells, and they live in ...

A common listing on seafood restaurant menus, mussels are typically served swimming in mouthwatering broth. I love steamed ...

The agency also proposed to protect a newly identified freshwater mussel species in Louisiana and Mississippi as threatened. “I’m celebrating the fact that Alabama hickorynuts now have a fighting ...