They were believed to be a reason for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain more than 2,000 years ago and once provided the ...

The Scottish Government and environment agency NatureScot must step in to protect “critically endangered” freshwater pearl ...

It would be a tragic irony if a population was wiped out because the body supposed to protect them didn’t do it’s job properly.

Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in ...

Ireland is believed to have almost half of Europe’s pearl mussel population, with the Blackwater catchment accounting for a sizeable portion of that ...

In the assessment, the experts have identified three areas where first of all the pearl mussel requires protection ARKHANGELSK, February 6. /TASS/. Specialists of the Laverov Federal Research ...

Pearl mussels are very sensitive to polluted water which can be caused by artificial fertiliser, farm slurry, sewage, or industrial waste. River bed silt also kills the mussels ...

A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought ... Like oysters and mussels, clams are bivalves, a kind of mollusk that's encased ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...