“Golden mussels are a greater threat to Tahoe than other aquatic invasive species,” said Dennis Zabaglo, aquatic invasive ...

A paleontological discovery in Australia offers a rare glimpse into prehistoric aquatic life. This exceptionally ...

To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell-building, nacre. To culture freshwater mussels, workers slightly open their shells, cut small slits ...

Freshwater mollusks are the most endangered group of animals in North America with more than 70 aquatic snails and 36 freshwater mussels already having been lost to extinction. Nearly 70% of U.S.

Over a span of 4000 years the Chinese have perfected the practice of pond poly-culture, a method of growing freshwater fish ... filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients ...

Freshwater mussels are mollusks, meaning they are invertebrates, with a soft body. They grow a shell for protection. Other mollusks include snails, clams, oysters, even octopuses although they ...

"A previously unknown population of the European pearl mussel, a freshwater mollusk listed in Russia's Red Data Book and in the regional lists of endangered fauna species, was found in the ...

TASS/. Scientists of the Federal Research Center for Complex Arctic Studies (the Russian Academy of Sciences' Urals Branch) for the first time studied complexly freshwater mollusks of the Kolguev ...

mollusks are organisms capable of thriving in a wide variety of habitats, including seabed, coastal, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Research now explains the extraordinary diversity in ...

With the spring temperatures, boaters will soon be out in force. The winds are forecasted to let up later this week. Authorities have always cautioned the public about picking up hitchhikers on ...

Since their October discovery in the Port of Stockton, the freshwater mollusks have spread through connected waterways as far south as Bakersfield, alarming water and wildlife officials.