Researchers now have evidence that invasive Manila clams are reproducing in Boston Harbor. This is the species' first known foothold on the northwestern Atlantic coast and makes M ...

After decades of slow conquest, the delicious mollusk is finally setting up shop along the New England coastline. According ...

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 ...

A study published last month revealed that more than three-quarters of clams at two locations in Washington state waters were ...

Giant clams (Tridacna gigas), members of the family Tridacnidae and among the most striking inhabitants of tropical coral reefs, are being driven toward extinction. Over-harvesting for jewelry, the ...

These colossal clams were rumoured to kill humans but the opposite is true – climate change, pollution and overharvesting are ...

The discovery of Manila clams along the northwestern Atlantic coastline has prompted fresh questions about one of the world's ...

West Coast clams are coming down with cancer - Pollution and climate change-driven heat are worsening the outbreak ...

Bacteria in a shipworm allow it to manufacture food from the nitrogen content in air. Only plants can take nitrogen gas from the air and use it to make the protein they need to grow. Or so biologists ...

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 ...