Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday that it has discovered zebra mussels in the Colorado River and the Government Highline Canal, nearly two years after the invasive species was first ...

Now that Colorado's zebra mussel problem has been confirmed in the Colorado River, the strategy for fighting the invasion has started to shift. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it won't try chemical ...

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 ...

It would take a microscope to even see some young creatures that have caused an outsized stir among area water and wildlife officials with their discovery last month in the Colorado River and ...

On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags it back to her. “This is made of a 64 micrometer mesh, so that allows us to ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The invasive quagga and zebra mussels have a $100,000 bounty on their "heads." The U.S. government is offering the six-figure prize for the best suggestion on how to stop their ...

The discovery of zebra mussels in East Okoboji and Upper Gar lakes is changing the way the Iowa Department of Natural Resources operates its successful walleye collection and spawning effort to reduce ...