Bivalve shells have emerged as invaluable archives of past environmental conditions. Their annual and sub‐annual growth increments record precise temporal variations that, when coupled with stable ...

Bivalves: clams, scallops, oysters, cockles, and mussels, have rich lives and complex evolutionary histories far beyond the deep-fryer. Here are vignettes of four bivalves that provide a small glimpse ...

A new paleontology study by UChicago researchers discovered that rock-boring clams, known as bivalves, vary in shape despite performing the same function. This paper is one of the first major studies ...

A clam shell may be a familiar find on the beach, but its intricate curves and markings tell a rich tale. For centuries, biologists have collected, drawn, measured and compared the shells of bivalve ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

For many years, the structure of natural shell samples has attracted a great deal of interest from Material Scientists as well as Researchers in the Biological Sciences field [1]. The reason for this ...

When we think about the world of shellfish, there is tremendous diversity to consider—and there always seem to be new things to discover. Just last week I tried a new variety of clam that I hadn't ...