Long before pollution, dams and dredging threatened freshwater mussels living in Indiana rivers and streams, the mollusks faced another devastating menace: Fashion. A nearly insatiable demand for ...

North American freshwater mussels were first recognized for their commercial value in the 1800s by the American button industry. The mussel’s pearly shell was used for buttons while the meaty interior ...

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The Alabama pearlshell mussel, a small, endangered mollusk found in a just a few creeks in south Alabama, which can outlive many humans, is getting some protection. The Alabama Department of ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Anthony Sasson knew something terrible had happened in Ohio’s Big Darby Creek. Ordinarily, Big Darby cradles 44 ...