While detections of the highly invasive and destructive zebra mussels have stacked up in Colorado this year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is starting to answer critical questions about the infestation.

An invasive species capable of wiping out entire aquatic ecosystems and causing millions of dollars in damage to infrastructure has been found for the first time in the Colorado River, the most ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not ...

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 ...

OMAHA - It was clear at Tuesday's first meeting on the infestation of zebra mussels at Zorinsky Lake that possible solutions could provoke hard feelings, even despair, among those who love the jewel ...

NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. IT’S VERY FESTIVE BEHIND YOU. WELL, NEW AT SIX. AN INVASIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS WAS FOUND ON DES MOINES WATER WORKS. INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE RIVER KCCI. CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE ...

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel decontamination stations at Pactola Reservoir, which the advocates say is ...

While invasive zebra mussels were first detected in Colorado in 2022, increased sampling and inspections led to additional ...

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, ...