Each year, for almost 20 years, the Corps of Engineers and other resource agencies on the Upper Mississippi River take a day and clean native mussels free from zebra mussels. No, they do not use scrub ...

Freshwater mussels could help filter out bacteria and nitrogen levels in surrounding waterways, UI researchers investigate. The Iowa River, which winds through the University of Iowa campus, is home ...

Mussels and clams have a more valuable role in the environment than producing pearls and buttons. The mollusks greatest contribution to the planet is their ability to clean water. The aquatic species ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

MERIDEAN - Michelle Bartsch and Megan Bradley stood on the banks of the Chippewa River, holding onto precious cargo. Enclosed in the containers in their hands on a recent June day were 3,500 juvenile ...

Changes to the Gowanus Canal, part of a major cleanup project in the notoriously polluted waterway, are resulting in loss of mussel habitat. But community intervention could increase the Atlantic ...