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 ...

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

It’s a tried and tested tactic that’s worked well for millions of years. But not all bivalves play by the same rules. In fact, some seem to have thrown the entire rulebook out the window. Ctenoides ...

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 ...

“And it’s basically because they’re just not living long enough to grow.” The clam crisis began in the summer of 1983, when Pacific razor clams — bivalves that burrow into sandy intertidal zones from ...

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

Unlike clams, the heart cockle doesn't need to open wide to bask in the sun. It has a clever trick up its shell: tiny, ...