But whilst undeniably (and impressively) old, living through such events as the Aztec Empire and the exploding whale incident ...

Marine ecologist Jeff Goddard was searching for sea slugs in the tide pools of a California beach near Santa Barbara when something strange caught his eye: two tiny translucent white clams. Goddard ...

Robot clams may one day help dig up and detonate buried underwater mines, researchers now reveal. They could also serve as smart anchors for robot subs or deep-sea oil drilling. Mechanical engineers ...

Researcher SCUBA diving off Sugashima Island discovered a new amphipod species living on the tentacles of a file clam, a study said. Hiroki Nakajima Just off Sugashima Island off the coast of Japan, ...

Scott Jervas, aquarium manager at the Berkshire Museum, sent me an interesting news story recently. Ian Sample, science correspondent for the Guardian Unlimited, a British publication, wrote in an Oct ...

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Just off Sugashima Island off the coast of Japan, researchers encountered an “unusual” crustacean no bigger than the width of a dime sitting on the tentacle of a Limaria hirasei, or file clam. Upon ...