As molluscs go, Ctenoides ales is quite literally one of the flashiest. A native of the Indo-Pacific region, the creature is known as the disco clam because the soft tissues of its ‘lips ...

A species of clam is back from the dead. Known as Cymatioa cooki , the clam had only ever been found as a fossil, and scientists presumed that the species had been extinct for more than 40,000 years.

Ming the clam - so called because it hails from the age of the Chinese dynasty - was first found in 2006 during an expedition to Iceland. The Bangor University team was interested in studying ...

A clam, 5 times the usual size, was born in 1809 — same year as Abe Lincoln The clam has been returned to the Gulf of Mexico. To determine its age, scientists at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab ...

A clam dredged from Icelandic waters had lived for 400 years. Is this the longest-lived animal known to science? Can you imagine living for four centuries? Scientists believe they have found an ...