The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has launched a challenge to stop invasive mussels that cost more than $1 billion a year.

Zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes in ship ballast water during the 1980s. They were joined shortly after by Quagga mussels in the early 90s. Today, both are among the most serious aquatic ...

When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades wreaking havoc on the environment. They’re not necessarily wrong.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife found a single zebra mussel veliger in the Grand River Park near New Castle. This is the first new detection of the invasive species since they were found in the Colorado ...

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 ...

While invasive zebra mussels were first detected in Colorado in 2022, increased sampling and inspections led to additional ...

The first adult zebra mussels have been found in the Colorado River near Grand Junction, following increased testing and detection of the invasive species in Colorado. Previously, Colorado Parks and ...

Check your boats. Clean your gear, wildlife officials say (beg?). Fast-spreading zebra mussels are stinky, expensive to remove and the top priority in Colorado’s invasive species program. Colorado ...

Invasive species are all over America, and it’s very likely you may have seen them in your own backyard. Some species are so ...

As of 2026, more than 8,500 invasive species are established in the U.S., including plants, insects, reptiles, amphibians, ...

As National Invasive Species Awareness Week winds down, wildlife and plant experts from the southwestern U.S. are ...