Dams, drains and other artificial habitats could buy time for threatened mussels: Study

Mongabay
Mar 17, 2026, 8:54 pm109 pts
Described as the “liver of rivers” for their water filtering capabilities, freshwater mussels are facing an extinction crisis. These slow-growing, long-lived bivalves are one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet. Now researchers in Australia have found that artificial water bodies could…

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