TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — 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 ...

Nestled in the silt, sand or fine gravel of South Dakota’s rivers and streams live some of the state’s least appreciated yet most ecologically important creatures — freshwater mussels. Their names ...

The Northwest’s freshwater mussels are in trouble, rapidly declining in almost every population biologists study. Take 2005, when biologists counted historic numbers of freshwater mussels in the North ...

The Niagara River is a powerful force in Western New York, helping to supply electricity to areas throughout the entire state — and the fate of its water quality relies heavily on fish and their ...

A new online resource combines data from 45 different natural history collections to provide easy-to-use information on America’s threatened freshwater mussels Jack Tamisiea The National Museum of ...

SAN ANTONIO – A team at the San Antonio River Authority is working on a project to reintroduce native freshwater mussles to the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River Walk. River Authority biologists ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — A notable finding of freshwater mussels in Covenant Park’s stretch of Plaster Creek in Kentwood is prompting new conservation efforts in the area. This discovery is reshaping the ...

Seven types of freshwater mussels found in Central Texas have been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared six ...

Paula Carrick grew up on Waishkey Bay. She remembers bathing, swimming and having fun, but also gathering native freshwater clams or mussels for her grandfather. “I was probably 5, 6 years old it’s my ...

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.

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. Nestled in the silt, sand or fine gravel of South Dakota’s ...