When mussels are mentioned, a nice plate of moules-frites might come to mind, but some bivalves are peskier than they are tasty. Dozens of mussel species living in both fresh and saltwater are a huge ...

Mussels are notorious maritime stowaways known for damaging the hulls of boats, but these same adhesive properties have widespread engineering applications, scientists say. They suggest that the ...

Mussels create byssal threads to attach themselves to rocks and each other. Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel's "beard," to attach themselves to rocks and each other. They use their ...

Mussels attach to rocks, ships and other structures underwater using small hair-like fibres called byssus threads. These contribute the most to the mussel’s ability to cling to a surface despite ...

In the first part of the video, you see a marine mussel producing the byssal threads and glue plaques it uses to anchor itself to rocks and other mussels in the intertidal zones where it lives. The ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass- Unlike barnacles, which cement themselves tightly to the surfaces of rocks, piers or ships, the clamlike bivalves called mussels dangle more loosely from these surfaces, attached by a ...

Mussels may be popular among seafood lovers, but many boaters consider them pests. They colonize ship bottoms, clog water pipes and stick to motors. To chemical engineers, though, those very same ...