ST. PAUL, Minn. — A variety of native mussel species once wiped out by pollution are making a comeback on the Upper Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul. The mussels suffered when sewage ...

The best way to head off an invasion is to be prepared for the intruders -- even if most of them are the size of dimes. In the case of freshwater mussels, which are predicted to storm the Columbia ...

There are few foods as evocative as a bowl of steamed mussels. Gleaming shells in soothing, fragrant broth, they're well worth the labor-intensive effort required to liberate each bite from its ...

A huge bowl of mussels soaking in rich, flavorful sauce with a side of herbaceous frites is my go-to dish at any French restaurant (despite Anthony Bourdain's mussel-ordering advice). But mussel ...