A common listing on seafood restaurant menus, mussels are typically served swimming in mouthwatering broth. I love steamed mussels, especially served with crusty bread to sop up the extra goodness ...

A silent crisis is unfolding in the rivers of West Bengal—freshwater mussels, once considered a cheap and nutritious protein ...

The first-of-its-kind project is happening in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and ...

California public health officials have announced a multi-month mussel quarantine, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to humans this time of year.

Languages: English. Radioactive contamination in freshwater mussels is potentially affecting the food chain in Pennsylvania, including iconic animals such as bald eagles and possibly even humans.

“The ribbed mussels have much lower food quality (to humans) than blue mussels.” For what it’s worth, though, not everyone agrees with that assessment: Friends of this reporter recently made ...

Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.