In a new study, scientists Stewart Edie of the Smithsonian, Shan Huang of the University of Birmingham and colleagues drastically expanded the list of bivalve species, such as clams, oysters, mussels, ...

UNION, Wash. -- Commercial and tribal shellfish harvesters are losing thousands of dollars because they can't harvest clams and oysters at the mouth of the Skokomish River on Hood Canal. The discovery ...

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UNESCO IOC delivers 1st global assessment report after 7 years' work by 109 experts in 35 countries, creating a baseline to detect and gauge the changing distribution, frequency, and intensity of ...

Human-harvested shellfish from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collections. (Credit: Brittany M. Hance and James D. Tiller, Smithsonian) Photos illustrating this research ...