… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. A decade ago, when news broke that zebra mussels had found their way to Cass Lake ...

You may have heard that various kinds of invasive plants and animals create problems for species that are native to an area. In the case of the quagga mussel, which only grows to the size of a ...

Trevor Starks stands in the Neosho River holding a rare mussel. He’s smiling because this find is his first evidence that the mussel, a Neosho mucket, is surviving here eight months after he and other ...

Kansas wildlife biologists are working to restore 21 imperiled aquatic species, including the endangered Neosho mucket mussel. Mussels are crucial for river ecosystems as they filter gallons of water ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Treatment is now flowing into the mid-Snake River to kill off invasive quagga mussels that could cause a potential crisis - but that treatment is also likely to kill other things ...