Tag: mussels

When Joshua Brian was studying parasites in freshwater mussels for his PhD, he realized that even at sites right next to one another, mussels had different parasite communities. He and...

Recreational fishing is a major industry in Lake Michigan, but stocking doesn’t benefit all fish species equally, especially as invasive mussels and other factors deplete nutrients from the waters. To...

In many ways, elephant seals get a raw deal when it comes to mercury pollution in the ocean. The toxic chemical, the product of mining runoff and other industrial sources,...