For more than 20 years, Mussel Rock, a steep stretch of oceanfront land in northern San Mateo County with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Farallon Islands, was a garbage dump. Two ...

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 ...

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 ...

That steaming bowl of mussels you love? There might be an uninvited guest hiding inside. A recent report from Euractiv reveals that the oceans, especially prime mussel farming grounds, are swimming ...

Greenhouse gas emissions are heating our atmosphere and oceans, and turning seawater more acidic. One of the myriad expected ...

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 ...

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 ...

A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the ...

Have you ever wondered how mussels instantly glue themselves to rocks, allowing them to survive the crushing force of ocean ...

OCEAN CITY - While his family was still asleep in their vacation home, J.D. Hill, of Cedar Grove, took a seat in a beach chair Tuesday to soak in the morning rays.