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 ...

“I took a freshwater science and policy class with Jim Olson (president ... mussels – all species invasive to the Great Lakes – that far outnumber the native organisms in the trawl. The mussels, for ...

Salt Awareness Week will include a series of YouTube livestreams featuring speakers and topics focused on the true impacts of ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...

Salt is essential to keeping our roads and walkways safe when it snows. But when salt is washed off the roads, how does it ...

The tiny organisms are found in freshwater ecosystems, including those polluted by salts used to de-ice roads. The team ...

Freshwater mussels, also known as clams ... Mussels survive by taking in water, keeping microorganisms and nutrients for food, and releasing water back to the river cleaner than it was when it first ...

Global mpox emergency: debunking fact versus fiction Group B Streptococcus is a bacteria commonly seen ... to be associated with contact with raw freshwater fish or consumption of undercooked ...