Why so many mollusks sound Greek—their naming evolves at a snail's pace

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare's famous play. And the same is ...

Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and which ones struggle

The lakes, streams, and ponds you've visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are ...

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

Freshwater mussels are the kind most people don't even know exist. They live for decades—more than a century in some cases.
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Freshwater mussels are disappearing—and no one is really sure why

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...

Georgia's invasive species list: What we know about lionfish and more

One of the largest freshwater catfish species in North America, the blue catfish is native to Georgia, but only in the Coosa ...