Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in ...

In response to a settlement agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed designating critical habitat for the Suwannee moccasinshell, a ...

North America had the highest diversity and density of freshwater mussels on Earth. Discover how the button industry contributed to their decline, leaving these vital species critically endangered ...

They can live in salt water or fresh water and, like many of their ... Another option is to use one of the empty mussel ...

Another element in the resurgence in those places has been a source some might not expect: freshwater mussels. Indiana is home to 60 species of the invertebrates, several of which have declined in ...

A new population of critically endangered freshwater pearl mussels has been found on a River Spey tributary. They were found by a graduate on a Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) placement scheme who ...

Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the world — over 80 species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and >20 species have recently gone extinct. As such, ...

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