Retail species like deer, ducks, bass and trout ring the conservation cash register, but we are responsible for conserving non-retail species, too. Freshwater mussels are a vital but overlooked and ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Amberly Choi walked through knee-high water last week, feeling her way through slimy ...

The non-native freshwater bivalve Limnoperna fortunei, or golden mussel, was recently discovered in the Port of Stockton. (California Department of Water Resources) The recent discovery of a new type ...

PHILADELPHIA – Water tanks line a room in this city’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers in the nation’s sixth ...