"I am grateful." Researchers make surprising discovery off island coastline: 'High abundances' first appeared on The Cool ...

A true story about the world's largest burrowing clam, its harvesting methods, and its rise as a prized seafood delicacy in the Pacific Northwest.

The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...

The giant clam, known for its colorful cape-like mantle, wavy shell and astonishing size, is in danger of going extinct after its population plunged by more than 80% over the last century, according ...

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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 ...

Researchers observed legal-sized Pismo clams returning after decades of absence. Clam population spikes trace back to strong recruitment pulses in 2014 and 2021. Scientists warn overharvesting could ...

Buried in the muck beneath Puget Sound lives the Pacific Northwest's most profitable marine creature, a mollusk so valuable that gangsters have traded it for narcotics: the geoduck (pronounced "gooey ...

These clams don't have to go far to take a bathroom break - and they're extremely suited to living in houses made from their own feces! Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) Krystian Aparta: Writer Ky ...