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 ...

Last month, the California Coastal Commission delivered a sobering presentation about one of the state’s most pressing environmental challenges: the former Mussel Rock landfill on the Daly ...

UC San Diego scientists reported Monday that increased ocean acidity is weakening California mussel shells along the Pacific Coast, a result of rising levels of human-produced carbon dioxide. The ...

Several people trapped on a cliff above ocean bluffs along the Daly City coastline were rescued Saturday by fire crews, authorities said. The hikers became stuck sometime before 1 p.m. near Westline ...

Within the animal kingdom, mussels are masters of underwater adhesion. The marine mollusks cluster atop rocks and along the bottoms of ships, and hold fast against the ocean's waves thanks to a gluey ...

Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways -- shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths.

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.

Newport Mussels plans first offshore mussel farm in US North Atlantic waters. The proposed project off Rhode Island, the ...