BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Aquatic invasive species are like the COVID-19 of streams and lakes. It takes only one watercraft to become a super spreader, introducing an invader like Eurasian...
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reintroduced a native species of mussels to rivers in southeast Wyoming this summer after finding none in the state during recent...
MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP) — The seasonal economy along a northern Indiana lake that’s a popular boating destination is feeling a pinch as the lake continues to shrink following weeks of scant rainfall...
KYLES FORD, Tenn. (AP) — On a recent late fall afternoon at Kyles Ford, the white branches of sycamore trees overhung the banks of the Clinch River, leaves slowly turning yellow. Green walnuts...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — States need to work together to stop the spread of invasive species, Western governors say.
The Western Governors' Association on Friday launched the Western Invasive...
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Amanda Magana and her classmates dropped digestive glands and gills from mussels into beakers of hydrogen peroxide recently at the University of Dubuque.
Bubbles rose to the surface of the liquid as it ate away at the tissues. The students then carried the beakers to an incubator, where the hydrogen peroxide would break down the mussel parts over 48 hours.
The process allows the students to test for tiny particles of plastic taken up by the mollusks in the Mississippi River.