Unfortunately, for all their allure, freshwater mussels are the most endangered group of organisms in the United States. Water pollution has wreaked havoc on these clean-water-loving animals, and dams ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels.

Freshwater mussels are one of the most endangered groups of animals in the world — over 80 species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and >20 species have recently gone extinct. As such, ...

It was also proposed to designate 3,974 river miles of critical habitat across 17 states for four endangered freshwater ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protections for a salamander, critical habitat for mussels and opened a comment period ...

"Historically, there's no success story of them being eradicated from a water body once they've taken hold." Experts discover ...