Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are ...

Freshwater mussels are the industrious cleaners of lakes and rivers, filtering small algae out of the water and keeping it clear. This positive image has suffered since the spread of the invasive ...

Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the world — over 80 species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and >20 species have recently gone extinct. As such, ...

Instead, they’re blasted in the face with a stream of baby freshwater mussels, which latch onto their gills. Fooled. The small fish lookalike is not a fish at all. It’s actually part of a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced it's proposing protections for a rare freshwater mussel historically found in 10 states. The at-risk green floater is a small freshwater ...

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 out pollutants as they feed.

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 ...

Three pregnant native freshwater mussels – named Elizabeth, Imogene and Nelly – have taken up residence in a University at Buffalo biological sciences lab. They are waiting for a complicated ...

A tiny freshwater mussel that starts its life attached to salamanders is being proposed for addition to the federal endangered species list. The aptly named Salamander mussel, which wildlife ...

Freshwater mussels play a key role in filtering water and supporting aquatic ecosystems, but native species are declining due to habitat loss, pollution, and invasive species.