In the sand surrounding coral reefs, the giant clam reigns supreme; they are massive, multi-colored, and statuesque. As the largest living bivalve mollusk, the giant clam acts as a lynchpin for ...

Similarly, the researchers believe that the giant shipworm evolved from wood-eating ancestors that used wood as a "stepping stone" between habitats.

And the giant clam, often misunderstood and even at times inaccurately known as a man-eating creature, is often considered a delicacy, including in Japan and France.

These clams are often harvested to eat and that is exactly what Parker was looking to do with it, thinking he’d get at least two servings of chowder out of the giant mollusk.

What We’re Cooking This Week: Giant Clam Dip If you plan on eating your share of the 12 million pounds of potato chips scarfed down on Super Bowl Sunday, you’re going to want some dip.

The habitat of the world’s longest clam is a mystery no longer. As Haygood and her colleagues reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the search for the giant ...

Marine caves, non-stinging jellyfish, giant clams and sunken World War II relics are among the highlights of a snorkeling and kayaking excursion to Palau, an island nation in the western Pacific.

Don’t believe everything you hear about giant clams. They’re not the man-eating molluscs you think they are. WHO REMEMBERS those old adventure movies where the hero narrowly escapes the clutches of a ...

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite A giant clam shell collected from the Bikini Atoll and now lives in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s basement archives. March 1, 2023.

Clammy discovery A colourful new species of giant clam, thought to have been another well-known species, has been discovered on reefs in Western Australia and the Solomon Islands. The discovery ...