If you are an aquarium owner and have recently purchased a moss ball, here's what you need to know about the potential risk and how to handle it. These mussels, native to Eurasia, first invaded ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Check your fish tank! If you recently bought moss balls for an aquarium, they may contain an invasive species known as zebra mussels and should be carefully thrown out ...

Press release from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is warning anyone who has recently purchased aquarium moss balls that they may contain an invasive ...

And in just the last week, they have been found in aquarium moss balls that are sold in stores across the country. More specifically, the aquatic pest has been detected in Marimo Moss Balls at ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Moss balls in your fish tank could be contaminated with an invasive species. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources found a Zebra mussel at a pet store in Virginia.

Thanks to new regulations in Oregon since 2021, no infested products have entered the state through legitimate sales. However, at least seven states received moss ball products this year ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is warning the public to safely dispose of recently purchased aquarium moss balls after the invasive zebra mussels were discovered inside ...

LANSING, MI — The Department of Natural Resources says invasive zebra mussels have been found in ornamental aquarium moss balls at some pet stores in Michigan. The DNR says the well-known ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it had detected non-living zebra mussels in aquarium moss ball products being sold in the state. Non-living zebra mussels were found ...

Highly invasive and destructive freshwater mussels are threatening to make their way to the Pacific Northwest through decorative aquarium moss balls. Earlier this month, a wholesale aquarium ...

Seemingly harmless balls of moss used in aquariums may be hiding one of the nation's "most destructive invasive species in North America," the Missouri Department of Conservation recently warned.