They live for a century and clean our rivers
- Written by: Alan Lymbery, Professor, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
Carter’s freshwater mussel (_Westralunio carteri_) stranded on a dry river bed Alan Lymbery, Author providedAm I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to Australia’s unloved animals that need our help.
Freshwater mussels are dying suddenly and in the thousands, with each mass death...