Invasive zebra mussels have been found hitchhiking on moss ball products sold for aquariums in states around the country, including Texas.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A plant meant for aquariums in the United States and imported from the Ukraine could contaminate your aquarium with invasive zebra mussels, according to the Texas Parks and ...

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

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in a shipment of Marimo moss balls at a wholesale aquarium company in Renton.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is alerting residents across the state to get rid of a plant that could have a dangerous species living in it.

Marimo moss balls are fuzzy, orb-shaped algae native to Japan and northern Europe that can grow to the size of a tennis ball. People typically use them as decorations in aquariums. They were once ...

Federal officials are warning aquarium owners to check their moss balls for zebra mussels after pet stores were found to have sold infested plants.

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.

The moss balls are a kind of live, decorative plant for use in aquariums. The striped mussels are tiny and razor sharp and have been causing problems in lakes and waterways in recent years, from ...

Zebra mussels detected in aquarium moss balls sold at pet store in Montana. FWP asking aquarium owners to immediately destroy and dispose of moss balls ...

This afternoon, Dr. Art Bogan, research curator of mollusks with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, identified the mussels found in aquatic moss ball packaging labeled ‘Marimo Moss Ball Plant ...