Last August, divers working around the Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale collected dozens of tiny zebra mussels during targeted ...

The mussels eat plankton, which takes away from fish that rely on it for food. After further analysis on July 9, the lab notified Invasive Species Manager Robert Walters that the sample was positive ...

A new study has found another negative effect of invasive zebra mussels in lakes: higher levels of mercury in fish. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Geological Survey and other ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are urging boaters to help prevent the spread of invasive mussels after a boat infested with them came through a check station in Anaconda ...

A zebra mussel invasion in Manitoba has sparked an all-hands-on-deck response, and Canadian officials and residents are hoping it will be enough. Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park is the ...

Zebra mussels are tiny invasive shellfish, originally found in Asia and Europe, that spread by clinging to boats.

An invasive species capable of wiping out entire aquatic ecosystems and causing millions of dollars in damage to infrastructure has been found for the first time in the Colorado River, the most ...

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 ...

When zebra mussels were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988, I was not particularly concerned about the impacts they would have on Lake Erie. As a 2-year-old, I was just beginning to learn to ...

For years, Lake Vermilion and Lake Kabetogama seemed special. As Minnesota’s other large and heavily fished lakes fell one-by-one to zebra mussel infestations, the two sprawling wooded giants in ...

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 ...

The clock is ticking as Lake Superior is warming fast, which may create more suitable habitat for the Great Lakes' most ...