mussel
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Laura Parker, a lawyer for the center, said it can be hard for people to understand why a tiny lizard, or rare mussel species, or the lesser prairie chicken are worth preserving.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Supriyanto, 32, is a green mussel trader and once bought from local fishermen who harvested the shellfish offshore.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
On Wednesday, they served a mussel dish with garlic confit and serrano chili developed by his breakfast sous chef.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
The amphipod was discovered at a depth of 2,602 meters in a mussel bed within the Galápagos Rift hydrothermal vent fields.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
He saw the water begin to pull back from the rocks below him, saw the seaweed sucked out in long green tresses, saw the ocean yanked away from the dark, sharp mussel beds.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
Harvesting bivalves, like clams, oysters, scallops and mussels, is especially sustainable because these species do not require feed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
She made a feast of steamed mussels with coconut cream sauce, rib-eye, chicken, rice and sautéed mushrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
They also sampled starfish and mussels living on or near the submarine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Blue mussels have begun colonising her lines, and fish cluster beneath them, drawing seabirds overhead.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
He was scrubbing the beards off the mussels and didn’t look up from his work.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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