The population of the species was believed to be as low as nine in 1991.

SALALAH: The abalone fisheries hold both economic and cultural significance in Dhofar Governorate. Found only on the beaches ...

The history of oysters features Vikings and Romans as key players. During the Roman Empire, oysters could cost up to 10 times ...

I bent over and pulled a white mollusk shell from the sand.

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...

Memoir of a Snail continues writer/director Adam Elliot's fascination with grim stop-motion animation to spectacular effect.

The Alabama pearlshell mussel, a small, endangered mollusk found in a just a few creeks in south Alabama, which can outlive ...

Giant clams are critically endangered, with populations down 80% due to overfishing and climate change. Conservationists are ...

Photograph shared on social media shows a "giant horse conch" discovered in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...