{
  "id": 16745236,
  "title": "Five new mussel species reveal how much biodiversity US rivers still conceal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/five-new-mussel-species-reveal-how-much-biodiversity-us-rivers-still",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:39:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/five-new-mussel-species-reveal-how-much-biodiversity-us-rivers-still-conceal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For 20 years, researchers snorkeled through rivers across the southern U.S., feeling along muddy bottoms for mussels. Many of the shells they pulled up looked like familiar species, but their DNA told a different story. Scientists from Shedd Aquarium, Arkansas State University, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have described five new species of freshwater […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}