Tag: freshwater mussels

Water We Talking About? Why So Many Seashells By the Seashore?

Happy Friday! We’re back with Water We Talking About – a series where kids send us freshwater-related questions and we track down freshwater-related scientists to answer them. This week, Johnny from Madison nearly stumped us! The Question: Why are there so many shells on the beaches in Florida, but hardly any on the beaches in …

Water We Talking About? Toothy Fish and a Mussel Mystery.

The entire world is now a virtual classroom, so we launched this series as a way to help adults entertain their new kid co-workers! The idea is simple – kids have questions, we find the scientists who can give them an answer. We’ll let the kids take it from here – Homeschool is now in …

Trout Lake Research Rewind: Fyke Nets & Native Mussels

by Riley Steinbrenner Week Seven This summer, CFL graduate students Martin Perales and Holly Embke are busy catching fish on their two study lakes–Sandy Beach Lake and McDermott Lake in Iron County–using a lot of different methods. One of these involves a net called a Fyke net. Fyke nets are generally used to trap smaller …