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 Species in Peril report warns others could face a similar fate, including the high brown fritillary butterfly and rainbow-coloured Snowdon leaf beetle, Arctic-Alpine pea mussel, woolly feather-moss and eyed chestnut wrinkle-lichen.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
And as the mussel spun into the sky, it burst into feathers.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
She said they eat a mixture of food such as clams and mussels and crustaceans, so there would plenty of food around the Scottish coast.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Snails and mussels are sensitive to water pollutants.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
They say the mussels have disappeared because of the plant's wastewater.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Most belonged to groups such as marine bristle worms, crustaceans, and mollusks, including snails and mussels.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
Fish, langosta, mussels, or the eggs from sea urchins, those small, black round sea nnfmnfa with sharp spines that attach themselves to the reefs.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
