A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, ...

An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, says a study ...

More than three decades after being listed for protection, California's delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump ...

Mollusks are filter feeders that typically make water clearer. But zebra and quagga mussels filtered so much plankton from the water that they starved native mussels and fostered harmful algal blooms.

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has closed down oyster harvesting in the area east of Lake Borgne and issued a recall for any catch taken from the area since Jan. 10. State officials say 15 people ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium held its annual benefit gala, “Still the One,” on Feb. 8 at The ...