A transmissible cancer that spreads like a virus may sound like part of the plot of an apocalyptic movie - but it is a reality in the animal kingdom. A study published last week found two strains of ...

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning regarding shellfish harvested from Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay, Oregon, which may be contaminated with paralytic shellfish ...

Lobster is the quintessential fancy dinner for a reason—that reason being its melt-in-your-mouth texture. They can be cooked whole (boiling lobster at home is easier than you think), but most of the ...

There are concerns that certain types of shellfish being caught off the Dorset coast may contain toxin levels above those safe for human consumption. People who gather clams, oysters, mussels and ...

Health officials have warned against eating shellfish caught along the cost of the Pacific Northwest due to fears of contamination of a lethal poison that causes paralysis and death. The Washington ...

Shellfish waste is an ideal basis for producing compost, according to the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) after its latest trial. At the moment, it is estimated that shellfish waste from the UK ...

A Yorkshire peer has called for the Government not to take “tit-for-tat action” against the European Union after it imposed a ban on certain types of shellfish being imported from the UK. Did you know ...

Oysters and mussels, two pearls of France's gastronomic heritage, are in danger of dying out because of rising greenhouse gas levels in seawater, say scientists. French and Dutch researchers found ...