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 ...

(IDEX Online) - The world's largest pearl - weighing 27.65kg and valued at $98m is currently being displayed at a secret ...

Heaven on a Half Shell -- Washington state’s Oyster Odyssey: Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. In this Humanities Washington talk, author David George Gordo ...

During molting when an animal sheds its old skin or shell, these animals actually grow ... because they became less useful. Like bivalve mollusks, like clams, are bilaterians that stay rooted ...

The Salt Cellar isn’t just a restaurant; it’s a subterranean voyage to coastal flavors that makes you temporarily forget ...

Apalachicola National Forest, Florida’s largest national forest, encompasses 630,000 acres of pine flatwoods, cypress swamps, ...

We have examined fossil bivalve shells to try to determine whether the obvious growth lines on the shells are related to tidal or other environmental phenomena. Although the study is continuing ...