On a recent day, several employees of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service office walked along the shore, identifying various shells as the pimpleback, washboard or three-ridge mussel. As many as 20 of ...

There's an apparent disconnect when it comes to mussels in Rhode Island. They're found on the menu of just about every fine restaurant. But hardly anyone harvests them from Narragansett Bay. It's not ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Six types of mussels that used to be found in various streams and rivers that run through Tennessee have officially been declared extinct. The six mussels were among 21 ...