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 ...

Anglers catching fish in zebra mussel-infested lakes may be reeling in adult walleyes with mercury content 72% higher and perch with 157% higher levels than those being caught on non-infested lakes.

Boaters, you need to be aware because there is an invasive species of zebra mussels in Lake Fort Phantom Hill and there are some steps that you need to be aware ...

The looming storm clouds were ominous, the gentle morning breeze was picking up speed and pessimism had a slight lead over ...

Walleyes and perch taken from Minnesota lakes infested with zebra mussels contain starkly higher levels of mercury than those taken from uninvaded lakes, according to new University of Minnesota ...

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 ...

That's the number of aquatic non-native species that have made their way into the Great Lakes as of 2023—at least the ones that scientists have identified. About one-third of the species have ...

When zebra mussels were first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1988, I was not particularly concerned about the impacts they would have on Lake Erie. As a 2-year-old, I was just beginning to learn to ...

Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources has employed a dog to help prevent the spread of zebra mussels, according to Northern News Now. The 2-year-old black Labrador, Jet, has been trained to ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed that the Colorado River has tested positive for Zebra mussels. CPW said that they have found Zebra mussel veligers— a ...

“Mercury concentrations were higher in fish of all life stages from lakes containing zebra mussels compared to uninvaded lakes,’’ the researchers wrote in their journal article. Elsewhere in the ...