Friends of the Minnesota Valley invites the public to a “Minnesota River Reunion,” July 28, from 1-3 p.m. at Riverside Park in Carver. The event will feature Mike Davis, a freshwater clam expert ...

Freshwater mussels, what many call clams, often go unnoticed, buried at the bottom of lakes and rivers. Most times we only find a shell washed up on a beach. Though hidden, freshwater mussels are ...

These freshwater giants ... mussels, clams, crayfish, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish ...

The population decline of freshwater clams is not a unique problem to the Valencia Region. Internationally, numerous research teams are working on the protection of these species, classified as ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...