People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous ...

Lance Butler, a senior scientist with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), and his team cultivate up to 50,000 freshwater ...

Throughout the slow-flowing water, freshwater mussels act as animal engineers, building a thriving ecosystem by processing organic material and nutrients. “China is a diversity hotspot of ...

The canal is undergoing a renaissance right now, since a project to reconnect it with the Schuylkill River has increased water flow by about a hundred times, making it healthier. The mussels will ...