Once abundant, the massive, colorful clam is now locally extinct in many regions, with a critical drop in population due to ...

Half of all the giant clam species are at risk of global extinction, with the largest, Tridacna gigas, assessed as Critically Endangered, in an ...

Giant clams can grow larger than one metre across, and weigh up to 250 kg Around 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million (£18 million) have been seized in the ...

WASHINGTON— Responding to a petition by biologist Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., and following the Center for Biological Diversity’s notice of intent to sue, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed ...

Ctenoides ales – also known as the electric clam, disco clam or electric flame scallop ... But the list of bizarre adaptations doesn’t end there. “Freshwater mussels – unionids – have a larval stage ...

Re-seeding programmes on over 50 reefs are securing the survival of the giant clam for at least another generation, according to WWF-Philippines. Re-seeding programmes on over 50 reefs are securing ...

Seventy sacks or more than two tons of giant clams or taklobo were seized in Gigantes Island in Carles, Iloilo. According to a GMA Regional TV report aired on “Balitanghali” on Wednesday, the ...

Habitat: There is some overlap in the locations of clams and oysters. Both can live in saltwater or freshwater. However, oysters are more commonly found in saltwater. Another one of their ...

Residents of Silaki, a remote and picturesque island in the Lingayen Gulf, have long faced the challenge of crossing the sea ...

Residents can weigh in this week on federal proposals to list 10 species of Guam giant clams, or hima, as endangered or threatened, making it illegal to harvest or possess the clams commonly used ...