U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a critical habitat designation to protect that includes the snuffbox, rayed bean and ...

Test results from a record number of invasive mussels found on two boats during an early January inspection show the mussels may have been alive when they were intercepted at the Washington/Idaho ...

Emily Longman (left) and lab technician Sarah Merolla (right) preparing to sample the mussel bed community at Dillon Beach, California. Credit: Eric Sanford, UC Davis A mussel bed along Northern ...

Zebra mussels first appeared in Lake Champlain almost a decade ago, catching rides into North American waters in the ballast of transoceanic vessels. Since then, researchers have been frantically ...

Divers are relocating mussels from the Ohio River in advance of Brent Spence Bridge construction. The relocation is required by law to protect endangered, threatened or potentially threatened species.

Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture including fish, mussel and seaweed farms has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world’s wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...