In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

For centuries the blue mussel was a New England wallflower. No matter that Europeans prized the plump, tan-to-orange meat in the blue-black shell. Along the East Coast mussels seemed as common as ...

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, ...

For 15 years, Genser had been grinding up Canadian blue mussel shells to create a sculpture of Adam, the first man You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

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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 ...

Mussels from Prince Edward Island, cockles from New Zealand, periwinkles from Cape Cod and clams from Vancouver -- the shellfish on our dinner plates have flown in from all over for the occasion. And ...

There's an apparent disconnect when it comes to mussels in Rhode Island. They're found on the menu of just about every fine restaurant. But hardly anyone harvests them from Narragansett Bay. It's not ...

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 ...

I looked everywhere for Euell Gibbon's book, Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop. It wasn't on my library shelve nor was it in the unstable stacks of books on the bed stand. It wasn't stuffed underneath ...

Gillian Genser barely survived a toxic relationship of biblical proportions. The man in her life was Adam — as in, the first human in creation. The toxic part came from thousands of mussel shells ...