Last year was a real mussel year, with up to 1000 times more mussels than usual in some areas along the West Coast.

“Blue mussels are an iconic species along the shore. Anyone living by the sea has probably collected mussels at some point. However, there have been fewer of them over the past couple of decades, and ...

Mussels have much darker shells, more like a brown or black, and can have a blue-purple sheen to their ... with the specific habitat they're raised in contributing to their flavor.

Combine the chili flakes, onion, garlic, and olive oil. Toast the aromatics until soft. Add the mussels, chicken confit, white wine, butter, and coconut milk in a large pan enough to fit them in ...

A new film spotlights the sea lamprey, also known as "Dracula of the Lakes," a species which pushed Great Lakes fisheries to ...

Rocky seashore species in Scotland are being affected by the climate crisis due to warming waters, experts say. An increase ...

Credit: Emily Longman Habitat-forming species, like mussels, kelp and coral, are foundational to marine ecosystems because they provide critical "housing" for other species. The authors of both ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls, ...

Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and ...

One of about a half-dozen mussel farms in Maine — including Blue Hill Bay Mussels, Hollander and de Koning and Pemaquid Mussel Farms — Bangs Island Mussels produces about 600,000 pounds of ...