In the sand surrounding coral reefs, the giant clam reigns supreme; they are massive, multi-colored, and statuesque. As the largest living bivalve mollusk, the giant clam acts as a lynchpin for its ...

Researchers at the American Museum of Natural History have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity—or small-scale holes—in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Seagrass meadows “are among the most important structural habitats on our planet.” These mollusk shells were collected by divers from Florida seagrass meadows in ...

A new exhibit has hatched at the Paleontological Research Institution’s Museum of the Earth. “Marvelous Mollusks: The Secret World of Shells” opened on June 6, made possible due to support from the ...

After that oyster slides into your mouth, and you've tossed another empty shell onto your plate, do you ever think about where those shells end up? Probably not. Yet that pile of mollusk shells ...

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...

Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming waters ...