“Finding rare species like these mussels challenges us to be even more thoughtful about plans that take mussel habitat into consideration.” Beyond ecological value, the project will hopefully expand ...

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 ...

Shelby Township — It took only minutes for one of the fatmucket mussels tucked into the Stony Creek streambed to nestle into its new home. The small creature cracked open its shell and extended a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Local crews have wrapped up the mussel relocation project in the Grand River much earlier than expected, allowing the plan to restore the rapids to move forward. Before ...

CEDAR FALLS - The wind whipped over the water. Raindrops stung as they pelted the face. Rumbles of thunder could be heard in the distance. Though the conditions were anything but ideal, Tony Brady ...

CALIFORNIA - The golden mussel, an invasive species that was first detected in the California Delta in October of 2024, has spread more than 400 miles along the California State Water Project (SWP).

With its green, hairy texture, it is a bizarre-looking growth that seafood firms treat as nothing more than waste. However, so-called mussel beards might just prove to be a lucrative avenue for ...