Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...

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 ...

Freshwater mussels have been dying out in North America, and the people who study them still don't know why. The continent ...

The Northwest’s freshwater mussels are in trouble, rapidly declining in almost every population biologists study. Take 2005, when biologists counted historic numbers of freshwater mussels in the North ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Freshwater mussels may be out of sight, but they should not be out of mind. A recent study shows we've lost over 90% of the freshwater mussel population in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed as ...

WITH ONE EXPERT ON HOW DYING POPULATIONS COULD HURT THE BAY. REPORTER: CLEAN WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND HERE AT THE INNER WATER -- WHEN -- INNER HARBOR, MEET THEM. FRESHWATER MUSSELS ARE IN ...

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 ...

Paula Carrick grew up on Waishkey Bay. She remembers bathing, swimming and having fun, but also gathering native freshwater clams or mussels for her grandfather. “I was probably 5, 6 years old it’s my ...

SAN ANTONIO – A team at the San Antonio River Authority is working on a project to reintroduce native freshwater mussles to the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River Walk. River Authority biologists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — A new festival is coming to East Tennessee to celebrate one of the biggest supporters of river habitat ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — A recent report by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) outlines the importance of freshwater mussels in Pennsylvania's watersheds and their declining population.