Long before pollution, dams and dredging threatened freshwater mussels living in Indiana rivers and streams, the mollusks faced another devastating menace: Fashion. A nearly insatiable demand for ...

However, these simple mollusks may hold decades of data detailing the historic conditions of Northwest waterways, such as the Little Spokane or Snake rivers, embedded in their shells. Earlier this ...

UC San Diego scientists reported Monday that increased ocean acidity is weakening California mussel shells along the Pacific Coast, a result of rising levels of human-produced carbon dioxide. The ...

Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming waters ...

About eight years ago, an invasive species called quagga mussel shells started clogging up London’s water pipes and tunnels. Since then, Thames Water, the utility company that’s responsible for the ...

Can’t tell the two bivalves apart? Here’s a handy guide. Simply Recipes / Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen Clams and mussels taste different, ...

When people think about invasive species, they often conjure images of large feral pigs or Burmese pythons in the Florida ...

Dive into your next bowl of this delicious shellfish armed with these expert tips. Mussels should be alive until cooked; if a ...

Most people haven’t cooked many — if any — mussels in their lifetimes. Just the sight of that little cluster of blue-black shells is sometimes enough to send one scurrying back toward more familiar ...

UC San Diego scientists reported Monday that increased ocean acidity is weakening California mussel shells along the Pacific Coast, a result of rising levels of human-produced carbon dioxide. The ...