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 ...

A serving of steamed mussels is a heaping feast. Digging into it brings briny pleasure, plus a long list of benefits. Many people hesitate to cook mussels at home so I hope seeing this list of their ...

PHILADELPHIA – Water tanks line a room in this city’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers in the nation’s sixth ...

Several years ago, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy biologists documented the first freshwater mussels — eight species in all — found in the Kiski River in over a century. Then, last summer, the ...

Walleyes and perch taken from Minnesota lakes infested with zebra mussels contain starkly higher levels of mercury than those taken from uninvaded lakes, according to new University of Minnesota ...

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Should you come upon some laundry baskets being kept afloat in the water by brightly-colored pool noodles at a DuPage County forest preserve, be aware that they’re neither trash nor a prank. Their ...

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