Staff provide clients with tools to help open the mussel. Stefano Giovannini. And these pearls are really a diamond in the rough: pearls in mussels are rare, according to the BBC, and “about one ...

Today, these imperilled mussels are on the verge of extinction – a particularly troubling reality given that they're a keystone species. A single mussel filters 50 litres of water a day and ...

The mussel men were after the mother-of-pearl layers found inside the shells, and factories sprang up in communities including Mishawaka, Lawrenceburg, Leavenworth, Madison and Shoals to feed the ...

The pearl, pictured above, was found in a mussel that made it all the way to the dinner table. (SWNS) She added, "I've eaten plenty of mussels and such in my time, and it's never something that I ...

Cockscomb pearl mussels, the study’s starring bivalves, are found in fresh waters across northeast Asia. Ancient Chinese craftspeople grew pearls within this mussel’s shells.

The Abernethy Pearl is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 when it goes ... Mr Allan noted his friend was able to discern from the size and shape of the mussel if it contained a pearl.

The pearl mussels are known to live in Scottish rivers, but researchers who used remotely-operated underwater drones and snorkelling equipment have discovered pearl mussels in two lochs, ...

Scientists at the Newport based research facility have had great success breeding juvenile freshwater pearl mussels ...

Critically endangered freshwater pearl mussels have been discovered living in two Scottish lochs. Scientists said the protected species, which is vulnerable to pollution and poaching, had ...

Irish pearl mussels are protected by law, but legal protection is not enough. Such is the concern for the future of our pearl mussels that it has become ill-advised to point to the places, ...