People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous mussels can be found beneath the surface of inland waters became apparent ...

Zebra mussels are small freshwater shellfish named for the contrasting stripes that decorate their shells. Native to the lakes and rivers that drain into the Caspian, Azov, and Black seas in eastern ...

Mussels bred in the lab are once again beginning their unsung work of filtering rivers, 50 years after the Clean Water Act became law. The Appalachian monkeyface mussel is critically endangered.