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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crabs can feel pain when they are boiled alive during conventional food preparation —- as do other shellfish like lobsters, according to a new study. Zoologists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ...

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