In 1977 scientists discovered that at the deepest parts of the ocean, which people had long ... changes and the presence of large clam shells that looked promising. A crew took Alvin down to ...

Any clams whose shells do not open after ... This authentic New England clam chowder is one of those recipes that has you dreaming of watching the ocean waves crash upon the rocks with the salty ...

These coiled shells are compact and have a low center of gravity, making them efficient to carry as they protect their soft-bodied inhabitants from predators (and in the case of ocean mollusks ...

Olympic’s razor clam population has been struggling ... sea otters were scarfing down adult clams, or ocean acidification caused by excess carbon emissions was impairing their ability to grow shells.

There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people ... exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard ...

We often think of light in the ocean as bioluminescence. This is light that an organism creates inside its body and radiates out, such as anglerfishes’ infamous luminous lures. There are a few ...

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...