They are only about the size of a fingernail, these miniature mollusks whose common name comes from the black stripes on the razor-sharp shells formed from calcium and other minerals the animal they ...

You wouldn’t find it if you didn’t know where to look. But six miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, amid strong currents, monster waves and Great White sharks, a 100-acre underwater ...

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 ...

Freshwater ecosystems, including rivers, are home to 10% of all known animal species. Yet at the same time, they are losing their species diversity faster than any other ecosystem type globally.

Lawmakers and local water agencies are ramping up efforts to tackle the spread of Golden Mussels, an invasive species that experts warn could threaten critical water infrastructure across the state.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced it's proposing protections for a rare freshwater mussel historically found in 10 states. The at-risk green floater is a small freshwater mussel ...

Pesky bivalves foul infrastructure and disrupt aquatic food chains. So far, however, they're being kept to the Delta's ...