The Daily Journal2 天Opinion
CAIN: More than many of us, veterans understand fear and duty
I bent over and pulled a white mollusk shell from the sand.
Discovery of 'exciting' new species hidden inside shell amazes Aussies
The population of the species was believed to be as low as nine in 1991.
Invasive Species Are Threatening the Quality of New York’s Tap Water
The quality of New York’s drinking water—and the complex system that delivers it to each New Yorker’s tap—has long been a ...
AZ Animals (US) on MSN21 天
25 Turtles in Texas
Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...
Japan Today2 天
From shells to surfboards: How wildlife has adapted to plastic
A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...
Shells to surfboards: how wildlife has adapted to plastic
A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...
Protecting the Alabama pearlshell, the state’s rarest, almost extinct, mussel
The Alabama pearlshell mussel, a small, endangered mollusk found in a just a few creeks in south Alabama, which can outlive ...
Gemological Institute of America23 天
Observations on Pearls Reportedly from the Pinnidae Family (Pen Pearls)
Apart from size, another claim to fame for Pinna nobilis is that its byssal threads, which anchor the shell in the sand during the mollusk’s life, were once woven together to make a fabric known as ...
captivasanibel20 天
Shell museum welcomes new giant Pacific octopus
BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM & AQUARIUM Giant pacific octopus New supporting exhibits illuminate the biology and behavior of mollusks, including growth, anatomy, feeding, reproduction and ...