When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida ...
What has black-and-white stripes, likes to settle on rocks, and has two D-shaped shells? That's right: zebra mussels. Otherwise known as the invasive species that's forcing out native mussel species, ...
Zebra mussels have been found in Pike Lake outside Duluth, the first confirmed outbreak in a Northeastern Minnesota waterway outside Lake Superior. The mussels were reported by a local scuba diver and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An inspection of docks and bouys led to the discovery of zebra mussels in Sheridan Lake in western South Dakota. “(GFP staff ) were pulling the bouys from the water and the ...
Zebra mussels are considered to be a harmful, invasive species that can spread quickly in waterways. They have now been found in North Carolina, officials say. Photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Colorado is waging a full-on war against invasive mussels, and last year that meant scrubbing down more than 30,000 boats before they hit the water. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says those ...