Indigenous freshwater mussels (Unionidae) are integral to riverine ecosystems, playing a pivotal role in aquatic food webs and providing ecological services. With populations on the decline worldwide, ...

AUSTIN — It's 9 a.m. and a trio of surveyors are already making their way through the foot-high waters of Dobbins Creek. With a big electrofishing pack on her back, Brenda DeZiel sweeps the creek bed ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have found that the larvae of freshwater pearl mussel survive best in the original salmon fish population of their home river. The freshwater pearl ...

North America's freshwater mussels are both impressively diverse and highly imperiled. Nearly 300 species occur in the United States and Canada, and up to 40 species of the hard-shelled bottom ...