The Ripple Effect: Clams and Biodiversity Clams do more than clean water; they create thriving neighborhoods for other sea creatures. Their shells offer shelter to small fish, crabs, and a host of ...

To pinpoint how climate change will play out, scientists are trying to solve a painstaking puzzle with clues etched in mollusks.

“So taking care of your clam beds was actually kind of protecting your vault, your bank,” says Schneider. In the sea gardens of the Pacific Northwest, caretakers crushed the shells of ...

clams, also known as noble pen shells, are one of the most popular and beloved species in the Mediterranean Sea. An attractive sight on the sea floor, these huge clams can reach 120cm (47in ...

Photograph by Adam Dean, National Geographic Poachers in the South China Sea use their boats' propellers to break up the coral that encases giant clam shells. It leaves reefs broken and barren.

“So taking care of your clam beds was actually kind of protecting your vault, your bank,” says Schneider. In the sea gardens of the Pacific Northwest, caretakers crushed the shells of ...

“That’s how they got the nickname, ‘the trees of the sea,’” Reynolds said ... By matching up the shells from clams of different ages, Reynolds and his colleagues were able to create ...