Workers at Fairmount Water Works Mussel Hatchery agitate the water to ensure that mussel larvae are taken into the gills of the host fish. Scientists gathered around blue buckets filled with water and ...

OFFSPRING from an Australian-first Glenelg freshwater mussel conservation program have been released into the Crawford River ...

In September the S.C. Department of Natural Resources released into the wild on U.S. Forest Service property the first group of Carolina Heelsplitters raised by agency biologists. These rare ...

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources released into the wild on U.S. Forest Service property the first group of Carolina heelsplitters raised by agency biologists. These rare freshwater mussels are ...

In Philadelphia, a small team of scientists is proving that one of nature's quietest creatures may hold the key to cleaner, healthier waterways, reported Philadelphia magazine. Led by the Philadelphia ...

Stocking the state’s waters with protected mussel species is a new conservation strategy from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. This fall, the state released thousands of mussels grown in ...

Carissa Maurin has heard from people for a long time that blue mussels in Casco Bay had vanished. "The mussel beds have been either disappearing or they haven't been able to find mussels where they ...

They sound painful, but bivalves known as Carolina Heelsplitters in Lancaster County streams could put developers in a pinch unless the mussels are able to grow. Both the state and county have new ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Treatment is now flowing into the mid-Snake River to kill off invasive quagga mussels that could cause a potential crisis - but that treatment is also likely to kill other things ...