PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive species, in Fish Hook Lake north of Park Rapids. In October, the DNR ...

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel ...

Officials in Idaho are trying to keep quagga mussels like these mussels found in Lake Mead, Nevada, from taking over the Snake River in Idaho. (Courtesy of Dave Britton/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

So, here's the thing: fregola with fish ragu is not just any pasta dish. It's a Sardinian classic that takes a simple meal ...

A new study has found another negative effect of invasive zebra mussels in lakes: higher levels of mercury in fish. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Geological Survey and other ...

Walleyes and perch taken from Minnesota lakes infested with zebra mussels contain starkly higher levels of mercury than those taken from uninvaded lakes, according to new University of Minnesota ...

As anglers cast lures into Minnesota’s lakes and rivers this time of year, native mussels lurking on the bottoms of those water bodies are also luring fish — with a surprising bait-and-switch move.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) —The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that three types of mussels found in Tennessee be added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species. These mussels ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of invasive zebra mussels in South Golden Lake, Steele County, after detecting zebra mussel veligers in routine net ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared six species of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas as endangered and another as threatened on Monday. Environmental scientists refer to freshwater ...

Megan Bradley, mussel biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, holds mussel specimens July 24 in a mobile laboratory near Victory, Wis. Bradley works at the nearby Genoa National Fish Hatchery ...