Zebra mussel

My name is Mark Anderson. I'm an aquatic ecologist with the National Park Service here at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. I've been at Glen Canyon for the last ten years....

[Narrator] Texas is one of the best places in the country for boating and fishing. However that may not always be true. Right now our lakes and rivers are under attack by zebra mussels. And if we...

(boat motor revving) [Narrator] In Lake Texoma, there lurks a tiny striped invader that is causing problems for motor boats and water supply systems. [Todd Robinson] They have the ability to attach to...

We're glad you're coming to Aquapalooza on Lake Travis. It should be a fantastic event. However, we want to make sure that some unwanted guests don't arrive. And those bad boys...

Boaters need to disinfect the boat and flush it out and dry it before they move from one body of water to another. When you pull your boat out of a body of water it's important to drain the...

Calling something exotic makes it sound attractive, but exotic plants or animals, also known as non-natives, often harm their new environment, changing the habitat and displacing the species that...

Calling something exotic makes it sound attractive, but exotic plants or animals, also known as non-natives, often harm their new environment, changing the habitat and displacing the species that...

One of the ways zebra mussels can be spread around from one body of water to another is through recreational boating. This is purely unintentional on the boater's part, but the zebra mussel...

bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: And next, the story of a tiny invader doing big damage to the Great Lakes. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago reports. ASH-HAR QURAISHI, WTTW Chicago: It's just after...

One of the ways zebra mussels can be spread around from one body of water to another is through recreational boating. This is purely unintentional on the boater's part, but the zebra mussel...