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 ...

During the last 10 to 15 years, blue mussels in shallow waters on Sweden's west coast have largely disappeared. Observations and reviews of studies and reports indicate that climate change may be ...

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 -- Responding to Arkansas groups' concerns, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service significantly reduced the number of river miles in Arkansas considered critical habitat for two freshwater ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized protection for eight threatened or endangered freshwater mussel species in Alabama and Florida and designated nearly 1500 stream miles of ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) —A freshwater mussel found in parts of the Rio Grande is at the center of a new legal fight. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect 319 river miles of critical habitat for the threatened yellow lance freshwater mussel in North Carolina, Virginia, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated three rivers in Illinois and several in Missouri as “critical habitat” areas for ...

(CN) - The Center for Biological Diversity sued the federal government on Monday for not designating critical habitat for four species of endangered mussels in violated of the Endangered Species Act.

During the last 10-15 years, blue mussels in shallow waters on Sweden’s west coast have largely disappeared. Observations and reviews of studies and reports indicate that climate change may be behind ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— Following 10 years of advocacy and litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect 319 river miles of critical habitat ...