Many predators lurk in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but the so-called disco clam has a flashy defense mechanism — a spectacular light show — to scare away potential threats.

A clam squirted water in a defensive response as a forager attempted to pry it open. Footage shows a woman using a small rock to shuck the mollusc, which was tightly attached to a rock in Shan ...

The bright color is due to, in part, peptide-like compounds that may be slightly noxious and unpalatable to predators. The combination of red color and flashing display could be warning predators that ...

When the disco clam, a bivalve with a flashing light display, is faced with the predatory power of the punching mantis shrimp, things get interesting. Marine biologist Lindsey Dougherty explains ...

Possible mechanisms that explain the clam assemblage's stability are related to the dynamics of food webs -- the same mechanisms operating in food webs today. In one mechanism, ...

The seventh of the clam species, a close relative of the yoyo clams, has a distinct within-burrow niche in that it attaches directly to the host mantis shrimp's body and does not yoyo.

Then the harvester simply follows the hose down into the sand and snags the clam. “A good harvester is getting a geoduck about every 10 seconds,” says Pinchot. At this point, they’re about 1.25 pounds ...

Many predators lurk in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but the so-called disco clam has a flashy defense mechanism — a spectacular light show — to scare away potential threats ...