A now-dead clam nicknamed “Ming” is the oldest living individual animal ever found at 507 years old.

According to leading scientists and experts, Earth is entering its 6th Mass Extinction Event — and it’s our fault. Humans ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes ...

New Jersey might be picky about what its call our favorite breakfast meat — Taylor ham or pork roll? But it seems we aren’t ...

Until recently, some 200 Cedar Key farmers produced virtually every clam consumed in Florida, pulling in 120 million mollusks ...

Walt’s Fish Market in Sarasota is like the Swiss Army knife of seafood spots – it’s a restaurant, a market, and a local institution all rolled into one. It’s been around since 1918, which means ...

These seemingly healthy creatures include a clam-like mollusc called a heart cockle — the name coming from the shape of its shell. "These strange little clams are a little bit tougher than ...

The typical butter clam has a shell that is about 3 inches wide and up to 5 inches in length; clams in the study ranged in shell width from less than 1.5 inches to more than 4 inches. The mass of ...