MADISON — The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days — not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the ...

Female zebra mussels can produce up to one million eggs in a spawning season, which is a year. A female zebra mussel can begin reproducing within six to seven weeks of attaching, producing between ...

Zebra mussels are small freshwater shellfish named for the contrasting stripes that decorate their shells. Native to the lakes and rivers that drain into the Caspian, Azov, and Black seas in eastern ...

A highly invasive species has been found colonizing the Colorado River, which could be catastrophic for native ecosystems. The larvae of these invasive zebra mussels—known as zebra mussel ...

Colorado state wildlife officials revealed Monday that the agency had confirmed the presence of adult zebra mussels in the Colorado River, marking a new stage of invasion for the nonnative species in ...

On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags it back to her. “This is made of a 64 micrometer mesh, so that allows us to ...

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 ...

Three adult zebra mussels were found on the Sorlie Bridge between Grand Forks and East Grand Forks last week, the North Dakota Games and Fish Department said Monday. The invasive species were ...

Zebra mussels, an invasive freshwater species blamed for a host of environmental and economic problems, have built colonies on the sandy and muddy bottom of Lake Erie, researchers reported in the ...

Mussels create byssal threads to attach themselves to rocks and each other. Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel's "beard," to attach themselves to rocks and each other. They use their ...