Zebra mussels are small, but their impact on freshwater ecosystems can be enormous. Once established, the invasive shellfish can blanket lakebeds, crowd out native species and alter the communities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — While it isn't exactly lake weather, one creature is using the winter months to enjoy the waves: zebra ...

In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all ...

A coating now being developed locally could keep zebra mussels from clogging municipal water lines if it passes muster with the federal government. Michigan Molecular Institute is performing the bulk ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Zebra mussels continued to show up in more South Dakota waters this year, despite efforts to control the aquatic invasive species. The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and ...

An invasive species threat has reached a new stretch of the Colorado River, after scientists detected zebra mussel DNA in Utah’s portion of the river for the first time. The discovery has raised ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed zebra mussels, an invasive species, were found in Saylorville Lake. A concerned boat owner contacted the DNR while removing their boat from the lake ...

The battle continues to keep a west-metro lake free of zebra mussels. After costly and groundbreaking efforts to kill off zebra mussels on Christmas Lake were successful earlier this year, divers ...

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 ...

People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous mussels can be found beneath the surface of inland waters became apparent ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — While it isn’t exactly lake weather, one creature is using the winter months to enjoy the waves: zebra mussels. The invasive species first reached the United States by ...