There are a lot of different reasons why a clam might open its shell. My friend Jonathan Robinson, a marine ecologist at Washington State University, told me all about it. If we spent some time where ...

A beachgoer in Thailand discovered a big shell in a tide pool and curiosity got the best of him, as did the giant clam. The person identified as EaiwPanna felt the outer shell and put a finger in its ...

Clams can live surprisingly long lives — some species survive over 100 years, and one ocean quahog nicknamed “Ming” was estimated to be more than 500 years old. They don’t have brains, but they do ...

Top season for clam quality is September through February, with the peak right now in November, when their seawater is chock full of phytoplankton, their favorite meal. Each of those little guys ...

When it comes to technologies used only by humans, you might think that fiber optics would rank right up there. Such is apparently not the case, however, as scientists have discovered that a certain ...