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 ...

OCEAN CITY - The horde of mussels washing up on the beach is moving south, as Ocean City is the latest to find the bivalves taking up the sand space usually reserved for tourists this time of year.

OCEAN CITY - While his family was still asleep in their vacation home, J.D. Hill, of Cedar Grove, took a seat in a beach chair Tuesday to soak in the morning rays.

On the outer edge of Bodega Head, the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory is a working waterfront for science. The lab trains students, hosts visiting researchers and runs projects that touch everything ...

PHILADELPHIA – Water tanks line a room in this city’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers in the nation’s sixth ...