First, the invaders claimed Lake St. Clair, on the border of Michigan and Canada. By the early 1990s, they’d taken hold in the Great Lakes, then made their way into the Mississippi River Basin. The ...

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 ...

Evidence of invasive, destructive zebra mussels in the Colorado River could mean trouble for wildlife, boaters and water companies alike, but it’s not yet clear if the thumbnail-sized mollusk will ...

The Colorado River showed another sign that its problem with invasive zebra mussels is far from over. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Aquatic Nuisance Species staff found a zebra mussel veliger during ...

That means the focus now is on stopping them from spreading any farther.

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 ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - Imagine the land of 10,000 lakes with nothing more than 10,000 defunct lakes - fishless, weed ridden and shores littered with hazardous sharp shells. All of this could happen if ...

When Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel tested a small pond that feeds the irrigation system at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, looking for invasive zebra mussels, the results came back as a surprise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quagga mussels like these in a photo from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are one of the largest potential aquatic ...

For most of us in Eagle County, the phrase “zebra infestation” sounds like the setup for a bad safari movie. Unfortunately, the reality is much less entertaining. The problem (obviously) isn’t zebras.

MIDLAND, Texas — An unexpected invader is contributing to Midland’s low water pressure: zebra mussels. The invasive species, known for wreaking havoc on lakes and rivers across North America, has now ...