NATIONAL HARBOR — Potomac Riverkeeper Network is renovating a barge at National Harbor to provide a long-term home for a ...

Seafood lovers who prize the mussel for its earthy taste and succulent flesh may be unaware of its growing potential in the fight against water pollution. One day, it may also be pressed into service ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A hundred rare mussels are slipping quietly into Appalachian waters — and they just might help keep rivers cleaner and power running. The Tennessee Valley Authority is partnering ...

The recent discovery of a new type of invasive mussel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is raising concerns that the non-native species could cause major ecological harm and inflict costly ...

California is the only state where golden mussels have gotten a foothold. They are clogging pipes and stirring fears for Lake ...

You may have heard that various kinds of invasive plants and animals create problems for the species that are native to an area. In the case of the quagga mussel, which only grows to the size of a ...

A golden mussel colony on a tree trunk recovered from the bottom of Salto Grande reservoir between Argentina and Uruguay, 2006. The species recently made landfall in North America, concerning ...

Golden mussels may be small, but they can create outsized problems once they establish themselves in freshwater systems.

Grand Council Treaty 3 — the traditional government of the Anishinaabe nation — is expanding its annual zebra mussel ...

BOVEY — The discovery of an invasive species in a series of abandoned mine pits on the Iron Range has disrupted plans to alleviate rising waters in the pits. The Minnesota Department of Natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The non-native freshwater bivalve Limnoperna fortunei, or golden mussel, was recently discovered in the Port of Stockton.