The golden mussel threatens to disrupt California's surface water delivery system, from the Sacramento San Joaquin River ...

When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida ...

Scientists in Chile have put Chilean mussels (Mytilus chilensis) in simulated Antarctic waters to see if they might one day move south from Patagonia. Chilean mussels are native to the cold waters of ...

Walk down the pet food aisle in any grocery store and you’ll see bright bags featuring happy, playful dogs and cats with shiny coats. The back of these bags features a long ingredient list that ...

Researchers at Murdoch University have found that artificial waterbodies could play a crucial role in slowing the decline of Carter's freshwater mussel (Westralunio carteri), a vulnerable species of ...

Researchers from Salem Sound Coastwatch are asking for the community’s assistance in tracking blue mussel populations along ...

If you’re a mussel, this is basically your worst nightmare. A set of sea stars descend on a pier, looking for food. When they find a mussel, they go to work. This video is from the viewpoint of a tiny ...

A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the ...

The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans ...