Mussels and clams have a more valuable role in the environment than producing pearls and buttons. The mollusks greatest contribution to the planet is their ability to clean water. The aquatic species ...

Changes to the Gowanus Canal, part of a major cleanup project in the notoriously polluted waterway, are resulting in loss of mussel habitat. But community intervention could increase the Atlantic ...

The Alabama pearlshell mussel, a small, endangered mollusk found in a just a few creeks in south Alabama, which can outlive many humans, is getting some protection. The Alabama Department of ...

YPSILANTI, MI – As progress continues on the removal of Peninsular Dam, the Huron River Watershed Council needs volunteers to help survey the river for mussels. Several threatened or endangered mussel ...