
Mussels are becoming extinct in the Thames
(Picture: Queen Nature/Shutterstock)The number of mussels in the Thames has dropped by as much as 95 per cent since 1964, according to findings published in the Journal of Animal Ecology on Sunday, November 27.
In 2020, the University of Cambridge replicated a 1964 study of an area of the Thames near Wokingham, which measured the number of mussels in the river.