People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous mussels can be found beneath the surface of inland waters became apparent ...

Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture, including fish, mussel and seaweed farms, has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world's wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...

Through my swim mask, I could see what Wendell Haag’s finger was pointing at two feet below me on the riverbed. But I couldn’t immediately see that it was alive. It looked like a rock with some kind ...

PHILADELPHIA – Water tanks line a room in this city’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers in the nation’s sixth ...

Trevor Starks stands in the Neosho River holding a rare mussel. He’s smiling because this find is his first evidence that the mussel, a Neosho mucket, is surviving here eight months after he and other ...