"Blue mussels are an iconic species along the shore. Anyone living by the sea has probably collected mussels at some point. However, there have been fewer of them over the past couple of decades ...

The wild blue mussel population on the Maine coast has dropped 60% since the 1970s. Experts believe warming waters and increased predation are to blame.

Blue mussels have a unique adaptation to intertidal life. Help scientists map their location along the Gulf of Maine coast on Aug. 4.

Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture, including fish, mussel and seaweed farms, has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world's wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...

Blue mussels: Tasty but rare. Blue mussels – often from Prince Edward Island in Canada, or Maine – are what you’ll find sold in seafood markets and served in restaurants. Despite their name ...

The blue, or common, mussel (Mytilus edulis) Photo by Daniel Kim, American Museum of Natural History. In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the ...

The wild blue mussel beds that once blanketed Maine’s dynamic intertidal zone are disappearing, driven out by warming water that not only hurts the mussels themselves but benefits one of its ...

Across the Gulf of Maine, wild blue mussels are on the move, and on the decline. A 2017 study found that as the gulf’s waters have drastically warmed in the past 40 years, the population of wild ...

While blue mussels are a traditional source of subsistence food in Unalaska, in recent years, reduced numbers and concerns about paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, have limited the amount ...

Blue mussels: Tasty but rare. Blue mussels – often from Prince Edward Island in Canada, or Maine – are what you’ll find sold in seafood markets and served in restaurants. Despite their name ...

Blue mussels: Tasty but rare. Blue mussels – often from Prince Edward Island in Canada, or Maine – are what you’ll find sold in seafood markets and served in restaurants. Despite their name, their ...