Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls. This buildup, called plaque, results in the thickening or hardening of the arteries, substantially ...

Solstice Creek mussels like these can only be found in one Piedmont stream. North Carolina biologists have discovered a new freshwater mussel that’s only found in a short stretch of a Piedmont stream.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s rivers and streams are among the most biodiverse freshwater systems in the world, but one of their most important inhabitants is increasingly at risk. Freshwater mussels ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Kentucky creekshell as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and designated 545 river miles of critical ...

NEW ORLEANS— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Alabama hickorynut in the Mobile Basin as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The agency also proposed to protect ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Aquatic Nuisance Species staff have discovered a large number of adult zebra mussels in western Eagle County. In a press release, CPW stated that on ...

Plain pocketbook mussels propogated at an aquatic conservation center in Erie County are being stocked in Dunkard Creek in Greene County. Aquatic biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Zebra mussels have been found in Fort Phantom Hill Lake in Abilene. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department designated Fort Phantom Hill Lake as positive for zebra mussels ...