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, ...

A decade ago, when news broke that zebra mussels had found their way to Cass Lake, I was dismayed but not surprised. Since escaping from the ballast of an ocean-going vessel in Lake Superior sometime ...

Boaters, please be aware that Lake Fort Phantom Hill is infested with the invasive species of zebra mussels, and there are specific steps you need to take. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in ...

When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida ...

A new study has found another negative effect of invasive zebra mussels in lakes: higher levels of mercury in fish. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Geological Survey and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

New rounds of samples for the voracious creatures keep turning up positive, complicating containment The Colorado River is now officially “positive” for invasive zebra mussels for longer stretches in ...

This is a bronze, two blade propeller on a stainless steel shaft on a 36 foot sailboat, covered in zebra mussels.© iStock.com/JeffCaughey According to the University ...