Let’s face it: Zebra mussels are a pain in our collective butt. They clog up intake pipes, they’re covering up those picturesque shipwrecks on the bottom of the lake, they pile up like a tackle at the ...

With the spring temperatures, boaters will soon be out in force. The winds are forecasted to let up later this week. Authorities have always cautioned the public about picking up hitchhikers on ...

Freshwater mussels play an important role in keeping the Great Lakes healthy, but experts say native mussels in Michigan are ...

NEENAH, Wis. (WFRV) – Zebra mussels have been found in Wisconsin lakes since the 1980s; however, today they’re in over 1,000 of them. While zebra mussels make the water appear clearer, experts say ...

FORT WORTH -- Zebra mussels, the invasive species that have clogged pipes and littered shorelines with razor-sharp shells across much of the United States, have arrived in Tarrant County. The Texas ...

Discoveries of the invasive and damaging zebra mussels have been piling up in Western Colorado, with recent detections in Eagle County, the Colorado River, and other waterways. Zebra mussels — and ...

For years, Lake Vermilion and Lake Kabetogama seemed special. As Minnesota’s other large and heavily fished lakes fell one-by-one to zebra mussel infestations, the two sprawling wooded giants in ...

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Zebra mussels, an invasive species, have been found in a lake south of the Twin Cities. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, staff members found one adult ...

First, the invaders claimed Lake St. Clair, on the border of Michigan and Canada. By the early 1990s, they’d taken hold in the Great Lakes, then made their way into the Mississippi River Basin. The ...

I read Adam Jensen’s article on zebra mussels (Jan. 22) with alarm and concern. I am not a scientist or an alarmist, but I do recognize a potential ecosystem catastrophe when I see one. About eight ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - Pelican Lake has been, for the past couple of years, the unfortunate poster child of aquatic invasive species, specifically zebra mussels. The beautiful lake between Detroit ...