the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today listed the Atlantic pigtoe freshwater mussel as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and designated 563 river miles of protected critical habitat in ...

Alabama bass, an invasive species, are making their way into North Carolina's freshwater systems, posing a significant threat to native fish populations, particularly the smallmouth and largemouth ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the green floater, a freshwater mussel found from New York to North Carolina, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Service ...

The interlopers are smaller than North Carolina's native species and ... “We have a lot of freshwater mussel populations in those rivers and streams that rely on specific fish hosts,” Dorsey ...