Mussels attach to rocks, ships and other structures underwater using small hair-like fibres called byssus threads. These contribute the most to the mussel’s ability to cling to a surface despite ...

The U.S. state of Washington is taking emergency action to reclassify golden mussels as a Prohibited Level 1 invasive species ...

How do you eat mussels? Do you expect yours to come with a fork, so you can stab them and detach them from their shells before eating them? I did — until I saw a post on Dominique Ansel’s Instagram ...

Mussels are likely the sort of thing that you’d order at an old school French restaurant, but would never pick up at the store. (Maybe one time you saw a recipe asking you to “remove their beards” and ...

Steamed mussels are a classic drinking food and are equally great with wine or beer. Choose one or the other based on what is used to steam the mussels and, of course, your own preference. Kristin ...

California health officials are warning people not to eat recreationally harvested shellfish from Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma ...

The Alberta government says it's upping its defences against invasive mussels, hiring more dogs to sniff out the shellfish ...