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 ...

Anelise Chen’s genre-bending book “Clam Down” sees an insightful metaphor in a text message typo. By Chelsea Leu Chelsea Leu is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Times, The ...

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 ...

that the United States will win at the World Cup for the fourth match in a row. Clam accurately predicted the U.S. 2-1 victory against Ghana on June 16, but also predicted the U.S. would beat ...

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 ...

The discovery of an expansive system of historic clam gardens along the Pacific Northwest coast is contributing to a growing body of work that's busting long-held beliefs about First Nations as ...

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 ...