Blow a kiss. Then pinch your lips into a thin line. Now alternate kiss and pinch several times a second for a pathetic, low-wattage human attempt at mimicking a disco clam. Scuba divers call Ctenoides ...

Ming is a clam. An ancient clam. You know when Columbus first arrived in America? That’s about the time when Ming was born. For more than half a decade scientists believed that Ming the clam was 405 ...

Rocks might not sound like a delectable meal to most life-forms, but it's on the menu for a newly identified species of a plump, bizarre-looking clam. However, though this clam consumes limestone, its ...

So, what exactly does the clam do? The disco clam (Ctenoides ales) lives in the waters of the Indo-Pacific, and it gained its name because its fleshy lips flash like a mirror ball over a dance floor.

A species of clam is back from the dead. Known as Cymatioa cooki, the clam had only ever been found as a fossil, and scientists presumed that the species had been extinct for more than 40,000 years.

Brilliant shades of blue and aqua coat the iridescent lips of giant clams, but these shiny cells aren't just for show, new research finds. The iridescent sheen directs beams of sunlight into the ...

If you live near the coasts, you may occasionally enjoy a good clam bake. Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest were much the same, with clams forming an important part of ...

Snorkeling amid the tree-tangled rock islands of Ngermid Bay in the western Pacific nation of Palau, Alison Sweeney lingers at a plunging coral ledge, photographing every giant clam she sees along a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Brilliant shades of blue and aqua coat the iridescent lips of giant clams, but these shiny cells ...