Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last August, Lauren Isbell dove around Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale National Park, plucking invasive zebra mussels from the ...

Since the start of 2026, multiple watercraft contaminated with invasive freshwater mussels have been intercepted in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon wildlife officials are urging caution after an invasive species of mussel was discovered on a ...

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

As boating season approaches, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) wants to remind the public to do their part, ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife let Coloradans know that zebra mussels have been found in a private body of water in Eagle County this month. That marked progress from the creatures' first spotted ...

The invasive quagga mussels found in an Idaho river in 2023 were microscopic. But to state officials, their presence was enormous. Though the mussels couldn’t grow much larger than a nickel, state ...

ODFW staff found quagga mussels on a motorboat coming from Lake Havasu, Arizona at the Ashland Boat Inspection Station on ...

Since the non-native golden mussel was first discovered in October 2024 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the potentially pipe-clogging mollusk has spread as far south as Riverside County. Invasive ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff on Saturday found quagga mussels on a motorboat coming from Lake Havasu, Arizona ...

Before hitting the boat launch, the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife wants boaters to do their part in ...