Oysters aren’t an entry-level food, even when they’re cooked. Raw oysters are considered a delicacy, but slurping one down, even with lemon juice and tabasco accompaniments, isn’t for the faint of ...

In the Irish folk song, fishmonger Molly Malone wheels her barrow full of cockles and mussels through the streets crying, "Alive, alive oh," assuring her customers that the shellfish are still alive - ...

"The scientist in me sees many things we can learn from this, but the nature lover in me is a little overwhelmed," said marine biologist Christopher Harley, who says "the extent of the die-off is ...

A record-shattering heat wave June 26-28 coincided with some of the year's lowest tides on Puget Sound. The combination was lethal for millions of mussels, clams, oysters, sand dollars, barnacles, sea ...

Health officials say the hospitalization rate in this outbreak is higher than what’s typically seen in salmonella cases tied ...

PANACEA, Fla. — Across the state of Florida, our waterways are being impacted by a host of issues: rising temperatures, pollution, development, among other problems. But some areas are feeling it more ...

(CNN) — The devastating heat wave that ravaged British Columbia last week is being blamed for a massive die-off of mussels, clams and other marine animals that live on the beaches of Western Canada.

A deadly heat wave engulfing the Pacific Northwest and Canada has killed hundreds of people — and more than a billion shellfish cooked alive on scorching beaches, experts say. “A mussel on the shore ...

The ripple effect of climate change is now more apparent than ever in the Pacific Northwest. Amid a recent heat wave that wreaked havoc in the area and parts of Canada, millions of shellfish were ...