Did you know that many animals have much longer lifespans than humans? Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, and red sea urchins may all live hundreds of years. A clam called the ocean quahog has ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

The Guam Aquaculture Advisory Board is opposing a proposed federal endangered species listing for giant clams, citing ...

Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader ...

Giant clams grow huge by relying on algae for energy. Scientists found genes that help them live with algae and grow big.

Giant clams, among the largest mollusks in the ocean, are a fascinating part of tropical coral reefs. These enormous ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up ...

Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up ...

MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is seeking a grant from the DNR to remove the weir, a low-rise barrier built ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

But in September 2023, a citizen scientist near Ipswich in Queensland uploaded pictures of an unusual gold-colored clam to iNaturalist; a citizen science platform that feeds species observations ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...