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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lemon squeezed on steamed mussels - Munro/Getty Images Cheaper than clams, but equally as tasty and packing just as much protein ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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