Budding Barnacle Bonanza

In the search for new seafood, researchers are working to bring the gooseneck barnacle to the United States.

April 16th, 2018 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

Māori Mussel Memory

A shellfish restoration project in New Zealand weaves together traditional Māori knowledge and marine ecology to foster mussel growth.

April 5th, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

A Scheme to End the World’s Worst Acid Trip

This geoengineering idea is potentially risky and largely untested, but it does work—theoretically.

March 28th, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Conducting Science at the Speed of Law

Six years after the oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, collapsed, scientists still don’t agree on what happened.

February 5th, 2018 | 1,400 words, about 7 minutes

The Confusing Social Lives of Fiddler Crabs

Climate change is causing some awkwardness in fiddler crab relationships.

January 26th, 2018 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

Climate Change Is Good for These Crabs’ Genitals

We always knew there would be winners and losers.

January 18th, 2018 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Shellfish Can’t Say No to Drugs

Unfortunately for them. But it is teaching scientists about the consequences of pharmaceutical pollution.

January 5th, 2018 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

Mussels on Acid

Variability in ocean acidity may be a bigger deal than scientists thought.

December 6th, 2017 | 600 words, about 3 minutes