MANCELONA, MI -- Dave Mahan was in his office when two undergraduate students walked in with bad news. Alison Goetz and Jessica Tinklenberg had been analyzing samples of macro invertebrate organisms ...

An invasive species has been detected in Four Mile Creek in Grand Traverse County. “Adopt a Stream” volunteers found New Zealand Mud Snails in the creek back in June. They’re about an eighth of an ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — In August, Montana FWP found New Zealand mud snails at a private fish hatchery in Hamilton, the hatchery is under quarantine by FWP until all the snails are removed. The following ...

The mud snail is a literal freak of nature. With three sets of chromosomes instead of two. It has the ability to clone itself, meaning it would take only one snail to infect an entire stream. The ...

We have all heard of invasive species, like the Asian Carp and Zebra Mussels, in Michigan. The latest invasive species found in Michigan is called the New Zealand mud snail. A researcher from the ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- An invasive species of snails is in Grand Traverse County. The discovery that’s now causing concern for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources was ...

Although smaller than a grain of rice, just one New Zealand mud snail can wreak havoc on an entire body of water, as seen with Capitol Lake in Olympia. Discovered in the lake in 2009, the invasive ...

An emerging threat of alarming proportions now lurks in the depths of the Sierra Nevada's blue waters. The invasive New Zealand mud snail has unexpectedly found its way into the pristine waters of ...

MARSHFIELD -- This fall I signed up for a Lifelong Learning course — "Coastal Explorations with Mass. Audubon" — at the Marshfield Senior Center. It was full of surprises, opened up a new world for ...

In the vastness of the second-deepest lake in the United States, a tiny snail is posing a threat of “concerning” proportions. The invasive New Zealand mud snail has been discovered in Lake Tahoe. It’s ...

New Zealand mud snails in a running stream in central Pa. (Edward Levri/ Pennsylvania State University-Altoona) Biologists led by the University of Iowa have discovered an invasive species of tiny ...