SALT LAKE CITY — The summer boating season brings wakeboarding, fishing and good times on the water. It also brings the dreaded quagga mussel. The destructive aquatic invasive species infest lakes and ...

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are being applauded for their unique and clever survival strategy. They ...

Golden mussels are an invasive aquatic species that disrupt ecosystems, filter away nutrients and damage shorelines – and they were recently spotted on a boat trying to enter Lake Tahoe. The golden ...

The scent of the mussels steaming is a glorious aroma that fills the entire kitchen with the essence of the sea. And as the ...

Discoveries of the invasive and damaging zebra mussels have been piling up in Western Colorado, with recent detections in Eagle County, the Colorado River, and other waterways. Zebra mussels — and ...

An invasion of golden mussel making its home in some local water infrastructure was the talk of the Kern County Water Summit on Thursday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California wildlife officials detected an invasive species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that threatens numerous ecosystems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Utah Department of Natural Resources' Hannah Shramm inspects David Black's boat for quagga mussels and issues him a boating ...