Freshwater mussels, an animal that helps keep Louisiana’s freshwater ecosystems in check, are facing serious external threats.

These clam-like mollusks live in moving water systems like rivers, creeks, and streams. Dr. Garrett Hopper is a professor at LSU’s Fish and Mussel Ecology Lab, where he and his team research freshwater mussels. He explained the key role that mussels play.

““So freshwater mussels are an important bio indicator species,” Hopper said. “And so what that means is, if you’ve e...

The New Orleans Pelicans’ nightmare season continued on Thursday night.

In search of just their 18th win on the season, the Pels suffered a disappointing loss to the Houston Rockets, 109-107. New Orleans held a lead for nearly the entire first half, with guard Trey Murphy raining down threes.

Then came the 3rd quarter. Head coach Willie green summed it up about as well as anyone could. “We come out and we’re flat,” said Green. “We’re flat, we’re stagnant. You know they dominated that third quart...

In 1992 the Louisiana black bear was placed on the endangered species list.
Thanks to conservation and restoration efforts, the state mammal was removed from that list. Now, after more than 35 years, black bear hunting season was able to return to the sportsman’s paradise.
Deron Santiny is one of 10 hunters to have harvested a bear in the 2024 season.
“He just looked like a Volkswagen Beetle coming out of the woods. i mean it was just that big. So i waited, I let him take a step forward with his...