Overshadowed by foodstuffs like tuna, sea urchins, and oysters, clams aren't often associated with raw seafood. Yet, from New England to Japan, several regions showcase the beauty of the mollusk sans ...

A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called ...

Ben Daughtry, left, president of Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters, celebrates the “groundhog” conch living at the attraction on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Marathon, Fla. during a whimsical response to ...

Tim Pearce at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has a snail joke for you. “Why do snails on vacation often stand facing the camera, instead of looking at the beautiful scenery behind them?

An animal that could be mistaken for a spiky fruit is giving scientists a peek into what mollusks looked like around 500 million years ago. Today’s mollusks are an incredibly diverse group of animals, ...

An international team of researchers has discovered two new ancient mollusk species, and both seem to have sported some punky hairstyles back in their day. Fossil-based renderings of the mollusks ...

It’s not causing panic! in the fossil record, but a 430-million-year-old mollusk discovery in Britain is a source of excitement for some scientists. By Kate Golembiewski Mark Sutton, an Imperial ...

When I heard tell of the connected oysters here at CES Unveiled, I thought they were going to be some silly rich people nonsense. They actually help companies monitor water quality by keeping tabs on ...

You can see it in the logarithmic whorl of a nautilus. The milky iridescence of an abalone. The spiked turret of a queen conch. Precision, elegance, strength. The seashell is a consonance of form and ...