One of the best ways to spend a hot summer day in the Seacoast is at the beach. Even better — exploring the beach and the surrounding intertidal. Who doesn’t love poking around in tide pools, gently ...

Portraits of Blue Mussel Shells,” a solo exhibition by Maine visual artist Carolyn Butera, on view at the library from Feb.

The adage of only eating oysters in months that end in R no longer holds true as advances in aquaculture have made farmed shellfish available and safe to eat year-round. However, in the case of ...

If it’s the first weekend in March, it’s time for the blue, briny and bold to take a bow. Bivalves, commonly called mussels, take center stage this weekend during Coupeville’s annual Musselfest. The ...

MACKWORTH ISLAND, Maine — It’s a chilly August morning off the southern coast of Maine and the mudflats extend as far as the eye can see. Clad in heavy rubber boots, Carissa Maurin and Sheba Brown ...