Zebra mussels are small freshwater shellfish named for the contrasting stripes that decorate their shells. Native to the lakes and rivers that drain into the Caspian, Azov, and Black seas in eastern ...

What native freshwater mussels tell us about the health of the Willamette River. Native freshwater mussels are environmental superheroes that filter rivers across North America, but their future is ...

Managing Canada geese, saving freshwater mussels, and an Ojibwe lens on the fur trade. In this episode of Great Lakes Now, "Too Many Geese and Too Few Mussels," a look at efforts to manage the ...

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, ...