Twenty years of wading through murky southern rivers, masks and snorkels on, yielded a stunning surprise lurking in the mud beneath scientists' feet. The creatures they thought they knew turned out ...

A genome-wide study shows that the Thau lagoon population of the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis retains most of the ...

For 20 years, researchers snorkeled through rivers across the southern U.S., feeling along muddy bottoms for mussels. Many of ...

Sea Synergy divers discover a rare fan mussel near Valentia Island, Co Kerry, during marine biodiversity and native oyster surveys in the Portmagee Channel.

Beneath the peaceful surface of Cockburn Sound (Derbal Nara), south of Perth, millions of tiny marine engineers are hard at work. A project is harnessing the remarkable abilities of the humble mussel ...

Scientists trying to replicate 1964 study say results reveal alarming deterioration in river’s ecosystem A survey of mussels has revealed an alarming deterioration in the River Thames ecosystem since ...

Extinction looms for a West Australian species of freshwater mussel with researchers fearing it could be extinct within 30 years unless efforts are ramped up to save the waterways where it is found.

A new research paper published in Zootaxa describes five new species of freshwater mussels in the southern U.S., providing the scientific foundation ...

California's boating fee more than doubled, but whether you pay $21 or $42 depends on when you buy your sticker.

Cultivating the shellfish creates a healthy habitat for everything from big fish to molluscs and could offer a sustainable alternative to meat or fish The water beneath our boat is teeming with life.

Researchers in China have described Huizhou xietianxiangi, a new genus and species of small freshwater mussel with zigzag ...