"This genomic approach enables robust tracing." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying harmful creatures spreading ...

"The threat to the agricultural and rural communities with the zebra mussels' presence is seemingly catastrophic," said ...

Freshwater mussels play an important role in keeping the Great Lakes healthy, but experts say native mussels in Michigan are ...

The first adult zebra mussels have been found in the Colorado River near Grand Junction, following increased testing and detection of the invasive species in Colorado. Previously, Colorado Parks and ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife found a single zebra mussel veliger in the Grand River Park near New Castle. This is the first new detection of the invasive species since they were found in the Colorado ...

Discoveries of the invasive and damaging zebra mussels have been piling up in Western Colorado, with recent detections in Eagle County, the Colorado River, and other waterways. Zebra mussels — and ...

Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not a sign of a larger problem lurking beneath ...

Government officials in Colorado have penned a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins asking for help addressing invasive zebra mussels. Zebra ...

Check your boats. Clean your gear, wildlife officials say (beg?). Fast-spreading zebra mussels are stinky, expensive to remove and the top priority in Colorado’s invasive species program. Colorado ...

Dreissenid mussels are notorious for outcompeting native species and multiplying rapidly, fundamentally reshaping aquatic ecosystems. They feed by filtering out phytoplankton, the microscopic algae ...