To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell-building, nacre. To culture freshwater mussels, workers slightly open their shells, cut small slits ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

His email is [email protected]. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Why would anyone poke holes in freshwater clam shells?

Freshwater oysters produce an adhesive that ... on the outside and progressively harder on the inside. "These oyster shells ...

Scientists are warning about the impacts of forever chemicals on animals after a CSIRO study showed alarming health affects ...

A study in Science of the Total Environment has measured concentrations of PFAS—also known as forever chemicals—in Australian ...

Freshwater prawn males can reach a total length of 12.6 inches (320 mm); females 9.8 inches (250 mm). Their long and slender claws (chelipeds) are blue or orange in color. Their shell (exoskeleton) ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

There’s only one freshwater hermit crab ... don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of ...

“Taking steps to save freshwater mussels is good for river wildlife and good ... Green floaters are smaller than 3 inches and have thin, trapezoid-shaped, green-striped shells that are tannish yellow ...

Freshwater mussels, also known as clams, are unique animals. Mussels have two hard, external shells and soft tissue inside. They also have only one foot! The movement of mussels is limited. Most ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings.