The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the salamander mussel as an endangered species. A species of freshwater mussel found in pockets of the Allegheny River might soon be protected ...

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...

Eight mussel species were recently declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including one native to Illinois. Staff The Bellingham Herald file The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced on Wednesday that golden mussels have been added to the state’s invasive species list, which prohibits the possession and transport of the creature in the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Fish and Game now has an idea of the effect of the state's quagga mussel treatment's impact on fish populations in the mid-Snake River. In October, the Idaho State Department of ...

The Center for Biological Diversity on March 17 notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that it intends to sue the agency for failing to make a timely decision on whether the western ridged mussel ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Ohio fish and a mussel also once found in the state are among 21 species removed from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced this week. The Scioto ...

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