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 ...

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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 -- ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A spectral-linescan of a blue mussel shell, which transitions from calcite to aragonite, illustrates the spatial resolution and spectroscopic range capabilities of the SINS technique. The image shows ...