In the Des Moines River, invasive zebra mussels were found by city employees, according to a report by KCCI News. The mussels have slowly been spreading west over the last few decades. They have been ...

"This genomic approach enables robust tracing." Scientists make stunning discovery while studying harmful creatures spreading ...

Last August, divers working around the Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale collected dozens of tiny zebra mussels during targeted ...

Part of the Colorado River is now an "infested" body of water. That's according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which says adult zebra mussels have been discovered in the river for the first time. CPW ...

A cluster of zebra mussels sits on a navigation buoy that was pulled from Lake Superior by the USCG Cutter Alder. Invasive ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Wildlife officials are closer to finding a possible source of one of the state's most serious aquatic threats spreading through western Colorado, according to Colorado Parks ...

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 ...

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 a sign of a larger problem lurking beneath ...

Zebra mussels are tiny invasive shellfish, originally found in Asia and Europe, that spread by clinging to boats.

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.

The clock is ticking as Lake Superior is warming fast, which may create more suitable habitat for the Great Lakes' most ...