A now-dead clam nicknamed “Ming” is the oldest living individual animal ever found at 507 years old.

In an astonishing discovery, scientists have uncovered a clam species believed to have vanished over 40,000 years ago. Known ...

Geoduck clams are one of the many clam varieties in the world. They are famous for being the largest burrowing clams globally ...

But not all bivalves play by the same rules. In fact, some seem to have thrown the entire rulebook out the window. Ctenoides ales – also known as the electric clam, disco clam or electric flame ...

The US state’s health agency confirmed that the shellfish were harvested in the Pickering Passage growing area ...

The clam crisis began in the summer of 1983, when Pacific razor clams — bivalves that burrow into sandy intertidal zones from California to Alaska — inexplicably vanished from Washington’s coasts. The ...

You bet there is. Shellfish — specifically, bivalves like clams, oysters, mussels and scallops — are nutrition-packed and an environmental success story. Sustainable farming of these mollusks ...

Mineral crystals in heart cockles’ shells protect symbiotic algae from ultraviolet rays and could lead to innovations in internet infrastructure.

gigas), is the most well-known species of giant clam. Often admired for their striking colors and impressive size, they are the largest marine bivalve mollusks in the world, capable of growing up to 4 ...

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of marine ...