It has now emerged that the shells were tossed into a skip in the 1980s but spotted and rescued by a ... Another shell is that of the giant clam and the chambered nautilus, a mollusc with scores ...

A large fossilised clam shell, believed to have been formed 180,000 years ago, has failed to sell at auction. The 110cm (3.5ft)-wide shell, found in Kenya in 2017, is considered unusual as both ...

Giant clams appear in the popular Nintendo game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” and its shell measures over a meter long. Overfishing has threatened the species. Hippocampus haema ...

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

And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams, like these, which are often used for cooking. And then there are giant clams, which can grow more than a meter long and weigh as ...

One of those species is the giant clam, a beautiful mollusk species prized for its wavy shell structure and vibrantly colored mantle. The “giant” part of its name is not a misnomer.

Protection under the Endangered Species Act is an important step toward helping the species rebound.” Giant clams — the largest grow to a shell length of 54 inches and weigh nearly 500 pounds — live ...