Not all bivalves are created equal. Oysters and clams are both bivalves—animals with two connected shells—but they have more differences than similarities. While the differences may not be obvious at ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Aber-clam Lincoln, a quahog clam believed to be 214 years old, was released into the Gulf of Mexico last week by his caretakers at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab. Americorps member ...

Some critters have more star power than others. It helps to be cute like sea otters or monarch butterflies. Or gracefully dangerous like great white sharks and mountain lions. Or edible like abalone ...

He named his new friend "Aber-clam Lincoln," after the president who was also born in 1809. A Florida man and his family found a gigantic clam at Alligator Point, Florida. They were planning to cook ...

A new study led by researchers at UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) ToBo Lab has revealed that giant clam populations in American Sāmoa are far more stable and abundant than ...

For those of us who have difficulty finding peace while sitting in one place, clamming can be an unexpected escape. By Kim Gooden On these dark winter evenings, when the end of the day has crept up ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab studied giant clam ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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Nature is full of beauty and verdant wonder, but there’s a darker side. Just beyond the edge of the environment’s allure sits violence. Nature seems to love a good fight, and it doesn’t discriminate.

In the Mel Brooks movie “The Producers,” a pair of fraudsters stage what they think will be a huge flop of a Broadway musical, replete with dancing Nazis. Instead, they wind up with something ...