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 ...

Pancotto with mussels—it's like a little journey straight into Italy’s heart. Imagine this: every ingredient gets some love, ...

The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2023, Tyla walked the red carpet in Di Petsa’s signature wet-look gown—a transparent, baby blue number ...

Portraits of Blue Mussel Shells,” a solo exhibition by Maine visual artist Carolyn Butera, on view at the library from Feb.

If you’re craving something comforting and full of flavor, pasta fagioli e cozze is the dish to try. I mean, really. This ...

For 30 years, Phippsburg’s Michael Fleming has been turning driftwood into gnarled and knobby furnishings. A decade ago, the pearly undersides of mussel shells struck him as a perfect foil for ...

An oyster, a clam, and a mussel walk into a bar . . . or, more likely, are swept by a wave onto a sandbar. The bartender sizes them up, determines they’re legal, but then announces: “we don’t serve ...

Tyla loves “Water,” but now she’s set her sights on oceanic glamour. In London last night, the South African singer showed off her mussels—and no, that’s not a typo—in a daring coat that was pure ...