A new study reveals a bright spot for shellfish populations in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Combining paleontological tools ...

NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Botticelli as a clam shell. Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ...

The shells of Pacific geoduck clams, collected by divers from the Tree Nob Islands, British Columbia, before they were sent to Bryan Black's lab at the University of Arizona.

More than 2,000 years after an artist in ancient China picked up a brush and a clam shell, researchers are getting the first glimpse at what they actually painted. Clams were eaten by people of ...

Another reason a clam might naturally open its shell is to stick out its foot and dig into the ground. Yes, you read that right: A clam has a foot. Of course, it isn’t quite like a human foot.

Let the clams cool slightly, then split the shells in half and transfer the clam meat to a small bowl. Clean 24 of the shell halves and arrange on the baking sheet; discard the remaining shells.

It was certainly my first impression of what has been called by many divers the “killer clam”. Whether or not the deadly tales are true, the giant clam deserves better press. It is, after all, the ...

A 2-pound prehistoric clam shell is being cited by Cape Lookout National Seashore as an example of the larger-than-average seashells washing up on the Outer Banks after Hurricane Dorian. Photos ...

Tiny holes in three fossil clams reveal that by 75 million years ago, ancient octopuses were deviously drilling into their prey.The find pushes evidence of this behavior back 25 million years ...

NPR offers a correction to a piece earlier in the week in which we referred to the mollusk in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Botticelli as a clam shell.