WASHINGTON— Responding to a petition by biologist Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., and following the Center for Biological Diversity’s notice of intent to sue, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed ...

In a new study led by CU Boulder, scientists sequenced the genome of the most widespread species of giant clam, Tridacna maxima, to reveal how these creatures adapted their genome to coexist with ...

The least threatened clam species, T. crocea, also happens to be the smallest. Its small size—around 15 centimeters in length—makes it difficult for fishers to find in the reef bed. M.L. Neo et al., ...

Narrator: What you're looking at is a clam's foot. That's right, clams have a foot. And some species can extend it several inches. But as it turns out, a foot is just one of the many bizarre ...

Giant clams appear in the popular Nintendo game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” and its shell measures over a meter long. Overfishing has threatened the species. Hippocampus haema ...

There are many types of clam found all over the world. Some suit steaming, others are opened and served raw (like oysters), others can be used in stews or chowders. Popular species of clam include ...

The Olympic Peninsula is an underwater biodiversity hotspot, home to more than 750 marine invertebrates and seaweeds, from basket stars to sea cauliflower — more species than any other stretch of the ...

Ctenoides ales – also known as the electric clam, disco clam or electric flame scallop – is just one of the species doing life its own way. Bivalves are invertebrate animals that belong to a group ...