What has black-and-white stripes, likes to settle on rocks, and has two D-shaped shells? That's right: zebra mussels. Otherwise known as the invasive species that's forcing out native mussel species, ...
The once green-hued waters of Cass Lake have become gin clear, a consequence of the dime-sized filter-feeders’ prodigious capacity to hoover up plankton and reproduce at astonishing rates. Credit: ...
A new study has found another negative effect of invasive zebra mussels in lakes: higher levels of mercury in fish. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the U.S. Geological Survey and other ...
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 ...
This is a bronze, two blade propeller on a stainless steel shaft on a 36 foot sailboat, covered in zebra mussels.© iStock.com/JeffCaughey According to the University ...
New rounds of samples for the voracious creatures keep turning up positive, complicating containment The Colorado River is now officially “positive” for invasive zebra mussels for longer stretches in ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirms that Zebra Mussels have been found in Grand Junction. CPW’s Aquatic Nuisance Species staff detected the invasive species in ...
When it comes to zebra mussels in the Colorado River system, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis summed it up this way: “We look, we find.” While Colorado’s first detection of the highly ...
I read Adam Jensen’s article on zebra mussels (Jan. 22) with alarm and concern. I am not a scientist or an alarmist, but I do recognize a potential ecosystem catastrophe when I see one. About eight ...
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