The Carolina Heelsplitter is the only mussel species in South Carolina that is federally endangered. This episode of What’s Wild features the fascinating life of the Carolina Heelsplitter, the only ...

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) -- State biologists are stocking 1,000 game fish implanted with tiny Higgins eye mussels in the Cedar River, in an attempt to save the endangered mussel. ``It's a long shot, ...

A mussel has been captured on video flapping its mantle in an attempt to lure a fish to involuntarily serve as a host for its larvae. The short clip, which was posted online by the West Virginia ...

The data he studies includes population density, species diversity and water quality indicators. At the same time, he is ...

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 ...