For the past few million years the world’s oceans have existed in a slightly alkaline state, with an average pH of 8.2. Now, with carbon emissions escalating, there is more CO₂ in the world’s ...

QUILCENE, Wash — Rising acid levels in Puget Sound due to climate change are threatening the Northwest's shellfish population, but one shellfish farmer in Washington state is working to change that.

It's the season for shellfishing in parts of the Westport River, where people are braving the cold weather. Here's where to ...

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 ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

Sarah Dudas doesn't mind shucking an oyster or a clam in the name of science. But sit down with her and a plate of oysters on the half-shell or a bucket of steamed Manila clams, and she'll probably ...

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is reopening all but one of the shellfish harvesting beds that were closed on Christmas Eve following excessive rain and concerns over water ...

Marin County Public Health has confirmed one case of illness from paralytic shellfish poison, a toxin that can be found in mussels, clams and oysters. The person ate mussels harvested on Sunday in ...

A second person from Alaska has died from a suspected case of paralytic shellfish poisoning in less than a week. John Michael Saunders, 57, of Haines, died Tuesday at his home, one day after being ...