Reuben Cash says blue mussels are best served steamed with melted butter. But this year, he doubts you could find enough for a meal. Cash is the environmental coordinator at the Skagway Traditional ...

Mussels could be the perfect 'sentinel' species to signal the health of coastal ecosystems. But a new study of blue mussels in estuary ecosystems along 600 kilometers of coastline in the Northeast ...

Rebuilding mussel beds and marshes offer natural protection and clean the water. After the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, New York City looks for ways to protect the metropolis from future ...

During the last 10-15 years, blue mussels in shallow waters on Sweden’s west coast have largely disappeared. Observations and reviews of studies and reports indicate that climate change may be behind ...

My neighbor’s brother lives along the coast in Ipswich, Massachusetts. All of his life he has gathered oysters, clams and mussels from the mudflats and rocky shoreline near his house. He had noticed ...

One of the best ways to spend a hot summer day in the Seacoast is at the beach. Even better — exploring the beach and the surrounding intertidal. Who doesn’t love poking around in tide pools, gently ...

I spent time last week driving up the coast, checking out all the beaches and birding spots I have recently avoided as I try my best to socially distance. My first stop was Wells Harbor. I love this ...

Since its arrival in the 1980s, the Asian shore crab has become one of the most dominant crab species in New England. But the area's native blue mussel has evolved to develop a defense against it -- ...

The recent graduate is the lead author of a study investigating how blue mussels could fare under the stresses of climate change. Martino's findings appear in the December edition of Journal of ...

The impact of plastic on the many species that call the ocean home is a huge unknown, but scientists are starting to piece together the kinds of risks this pollution poses to the marine ecosystem. The ...