Health officials are urging residents to stay away from certain shellfish as a toxic algae bloom has contaminated the waters off the Southern California coast. "The public should take precautions to ...

Holidaymakers along South Africa’s West Coast are being met with unsettling scenes as patches of discoloured seawater, piles ...

The cancer likely started off as an immune cell that mutated, multiplied and adapted to survive in the water. By Carl Zimmer In the 1970s, soft-shell clams started mysteriously dying off in Maine and ...

Shellfish, particularly bivalves like clams and oysters, are a nutritious and sustainable seafood choice. Rich in protein and omega-3s, these mollusks are low in contaminants and benefit the ...

In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color was most notably used in clothing for royalty, or in some cases wealth. Unlike ...

A map supplied by the state Department of Environmental Protection illustrates the area of Barnegat Bay affected by the shellfish harvesting suspension. (Submitted photo) Shellfish harvesting in ...

There's no barrier to love for a tiny crab that tickles its way into mollusks to find a mate, a new study has found. How these so-called pea crabs, which live alone inside shellfish, find love has ...

Behind the counter at Seattle’s Taylor Shellfish Market, a brawny guy with a goatee pries open kumamoto, virginica, and shigoku oysters as easily as other men pop beer cans. David Leck is a national ...