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

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

Researchers sequenced the genome of the giant clam Tridacna maxima, revealing genetic adaptations for algae symbiosis. These ...

Ancient sea creatures sported mohawk-like spines LONDON — When scientists discovered two ancient sea creatures from 430 million years ago, they didn’t expect to find themselves drawing parallels with ...

While Punk resembles worm-like mollusks with long spines, it also has a broad foot and gills like chitons. Emo, similarly worm-like with a long body and spines, also features shells and a ...

Nudibranchs are gastropod mollusks, like mussels, clams and scallops, but as adults they have no shell, so their soft ... sea dragon consumes nematocysts without harm and incorporates them into ...

MSX targets both wild and cultured oysters, and typically kills about 95 per cent of affected mollusks within two ... including making their shells open out of water. Peter Warris, executive ...

MSX targets both wild and cultured oysters, and typically kills about 95 per cent of affected mollusks within two ... including making their shells open out of water. Peter Warris, executive ...

It may be the most adorable sea creature ever—and seeing one face-to-face has been on the bucket list for a Japanese diver ...

Think of a seashell. Don’t think of a conch. In fact, forget, for now, about univalve mollusks entirely. Think of Shell, the ...