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 immediately, the ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced Friday that moss balls sold to absorb ammonia and waste in aquariums can cause “severe damage” to the state’s lakes and rivers.

Balls of moss commonly found in aquariums are threatening to push the zebra mussel invasion further across the U.S., wildlife officials are warning. Contaminated moss balls have been found in pet ...

Marimo moss balls now are rolling into stylish vases and even into tiny orbs and bottles as jewelry. Consider marimo the moss in your underwater terrarium. Or the floating plant in your aquarium.

UNDATED (WOOD) — Michigan environmental officials are warning people to be on the lookout for invasive zebra mussels in their fish tanks. The alert comes after a worker at Petco in Seattle noticed a ...

Officials are asking aquarium owners to make sure an invasive species of mussels didn't hitch a ride into Wisconsin via balls of moss sold at pet stores. Zebra mussels have been found within moss ...

Q Does the Spanish moss we see at the coast kill the trees? A. No, but it looks like it should. Without any real support of its own, Spanish moss uses trees as a framework for its lacy, cascading ...

Wildlife agencies in Oregon, Washington and Idaho are urging pet stores to stop selling a popular aquarium product after discovering invasive zebra mussels inside them. The mollusks breed quickly and ...