A new species was hiding in plain sight in Taiwan until a study identified the creature. Photo from Hsiao and Chuang, 2023 Scraping the bottom of a river in Taiwan with a long-handled rake, a ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that seven of ten giant clam species petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act need further study. The 90-day review ...

A new species of pea-shaped wood-munching clams shaped like little penises has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean. (CN) – A new species of pea-shaped wood-munching clams shaped like little ...

Researchers report the discovery of the first new living species of giant clam in two decades, according to a report to be published online on August 28th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

Lake Rotomanu's been closed to motorised watercraft since the gold clams were found there last month, marking the first discovery of the species outside of ...

A recent study published in Biology Letters examines how the evolution of bivalves—which are a class of invertebrates frequently comprised of oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels—might have ...

Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore into pieces of sunken wood. The wood is food for them, as well as a home. These rare, scattered, sunken pieces of wood ...

The hunt was on for signs of the once-abundant pismo clams, tiny treasures that bury themselves below the sandy surface. The Southern California creature once made for countless seaside feasts, but ...

A contagious blood cancer jumped from one species of clam to another and spread among clams living in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, shows a study published today in eLife. The findings add ...