Freshwater mussels — often overlooked and endangered — play a critical role in filtering water across the country. Now, a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Waco, a popular spot for boaters and fishermen, recently earned a unique distinction — it’s the only Texas reservoir that has eradicated its Zebra mussel population. The lake ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Anthony Sasson knew something terrible had happened in Ohio’s Big Darby Creek. Ordinarily, Big Darby cradles 44 ...

Quick—name a dish that's inexpensive, quick-cooking, fancy enough for a party, but easy enough to make on a weeknight. If you said mussels, we're on the same wavelength. These tasty bivalves are a ...

You may have heard that various kinds of invasive plants and animals create problems for the species that are native to an area. In the case of the quagga mussel, which only grows to the size of a ...

If you want to feed two, simply double all the ingredients here, but give the mussels an extra minute or two to make sure they all cook through evenly. Mussels nowadays should already have their ...

There are many kinds of mussels, both freshwater and saltwater, but the variety that is most likely to land on your plate is the blue mussel. Also known as edible mussels, these creatures live in a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Most people are used to seeing mussels on a dinner plate, steamed in white wine and swimming in garlic. But at Minneapolis Water Treatment and Distribution Services, 12 mussels ...

The recent discovery of a new type of invasive mussel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is raising concerns that the non-native species could cause major ecological harm and inflict costly ...