KXAN

Zebra mussels grow through the Highland Lakes, costing city millions

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In 2017, the alarms were sounded as Zebra mussels were found in the Highland Lakes. The invasive species was first discovered in the Great Lakes more than 30 years ago, and since that ...
Houston Chronicle

Tiny zebra mussels growing into Texas-size threat

They are only about the size of a fingernail, these miniature mollusks whose common name comes from the black stripes on the razor-sharp shells formed from calcium and other minerals the animal they ...
The Columbian

Protecting freshwater mussels a growing concern

Odds are good you didn’t even known freshwater mussels are native to the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest — including those that run right through the heart of Clark County. That’s not at ...
Colorado Public Radio

Stewards of Colorado’s sweetest crops on high alert as invasive mussels gain ground in water supply

Invasive zebra mussels have now infested at least 135 miles of the Colorado River, from the Utah border to Dotsero in western ...
Post and Courier

SCDNR stocks first federally endangered freshwater mussels grown in hatchery

In September the S.C. Department of Natural Resources released into the wild on U.S. Forest Service property the first group of Carolina Heelsplitters raised by agency biologists. These rare ...
KCRW

Growing millions of mussels beneath the Pacific Ocean waves

You wouldn’t find it if you didn’t know where to look. But six miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, amid strong currents, monster waves and Great White sharks, a 100-acre underwater ...
The Baltimore Sun

Pipe-clogging zebra mussels a growing concern in Maryland

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Invasive zebra mussels — the bane of water systems and power plants in the Great Lakes area ...
Duluth News Tribune

Walleyes grow slower in lakes with zebra mussels, water fleas

Walleyes in northern Minnesota lakes infested by zebra mussels and spiny water fleas are growing at a slower rate than they did before the infestations. That was the bad news in a recent study by ...
Post-Bulletin

Nature Nut: Lab is growing mussels — steroid-free

It is not a research lab like one would find at Mayo Clinic, or a big college or university. Its work will probably not make it into the esteemed journal, "Science." But just outside of the north end ...
TwinCities.com

Letter: Growing concern about zebra mussels

As a third generation resident of the Lake Minnewashta area, I am writing to express my growing concern about the various negative impacts the zebra mussels have on our ecosystem, our economy, and our ...
Portland Press Herald

Pioneering mussel farmer buys rival, plans expansion

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