Explore the fascinating discovery of the fish fossil Ferruaspis brocksi, revealing its diet and unique features from 15 ...

Paleontologists in Australia discovered a remarkably preserved fish species, revealing its last meal and offering new ...

Mussels, which cannot see, must make a lure that mimics a juvenile fish, worm, snail or insect to successfully attract specific fish, or in one case a type of salamander, to serve as hosts for their ...

Brian studies host-parasite interactions in freshwater mussels, with a focus on these small and unbeloved parasite species’ vulnerability to extinction. “These sorts of methods, to look back in the ...

Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material, usually a sharp object or parasite, enters a mussel and cannot be expelled.

Their study also confirms that the golden mussel, an invasive species, acts as the infection source, while non-native fish such as bluegill and channel catfish help sustain the parasite's life cycle.

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brocksi were found wouldn’t have supported an environment for the bivalve to reach sexual maturity and produce glochidia — the larval, parasitic stage of some freshwater mussels, Frese said.