The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and wildlife agencies across the country are urging pet and aquarium stores, as well as aquarium owners, to remove and safely dispose of any moss ball ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has recently detected zebra mussels in aquarium moss balls for sale in pet stores across the state, despite spending about $3 million ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Officials are urging people not to dump pets, plants or water from aquariums into natural ...

HOUSTON — An invasive species might be living in your home aquarium. And Texas Parks and Wildlife officials want you to take a look. TPWD, along with other agencies, says a 'moss ball' sold in many ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Check your fish tank! If you recently bought moss balls for an aquarium, they may contain an invasive species known as zebra mussels and should be carefully thrown out immediately, the ...

SEATTLE — Invasive zebra mussels were found on products at pet stores in nearly two dozen states after first being reported in Seattle. The destructive shellfish were reported in 21 states nationwide, ...

Until recently, moss balls were known as an ornamental product for aquariums that help generate oxygen and remove nitrates. But last week, federal officials found that a harmful invasive species had ...

Officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently detected zebra mussels in aquarium moss balls in pet stores throughout the state. The agency went searching for evidence of the aquatic ...