The giant clam, known for its colorful cape-like mantle, wavy shell and astonishing size, is in danger of going extinct after ...

Giant clams can grow larger than one metre across, and weigh up to 250 kg Around 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million (£18 million) have been seized in the ...

Re-seeding programmes on over 50 reefs are securing the survival of the giant clam for at least another generation, according to WWF-Philippines. Re-seeding programmes on over 50 reefs are securing ...

Over the last century, the giant clam population has dropped by more than 80 percent, putting the species in danger of ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— Responding to a petition by biologist Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., and following the Center for Biological Diversity’s notice of intent to sue, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed ...

A butter clam. Butter clams are found from the Aleutian Islands to the California coast. They are known to retain algal toxins longer than other species of shellfish. (Photo provided by the ...

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.

This was all part of tending the beach to ensure a lasting and abundant supply of butter clams, littleneck clams, and in some gardens, horse clams. Flattening the angle of the beach by building a ...

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information ...