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 ...

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 ...

Four freshwater mussel species now have additional federal protections as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designates over ...

Regional, state and federal agencies met in the Pend Oreille Basin to coordinate prevention efforts against invasive ...

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 ...

A little-known but valuable species found in Kentucky rivers is on a "pathway toward extinction" without federal intervention ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated Little and Big Darby Creeks as critical habitats for two endangered mussel ...

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 ...

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 ...

Environmental scientists and teenage campers recently found an encouraging sign for the health of the Delaware River during a survey near the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philly. At low tide, they ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. Nestled in the silt, sand or fine gravel of South Dakota’s ...