Blow a kiss. Then pinch your lips into a thin line. Now alternate kiss and pinch several times a second for a pathetic, low-wattage human attempt at mimicking a disco clam. Scuba divers call Ctenoides ...

Ming is a clam. An ancient clam. You know when Columbus first arrived in America? That’s about the time when Ming was born. For more than half a decade scientists believed that Ming the clam was 405 ...

Rocks might not sound like a delectable meal to most life-forms, but it's on the menu for a newly identified species of a plump, bizarre-looking clam. However, though this clam consumes limestone, its ...

Brilliant shades of blue and aqua coat the iridescent lips of giant clams, but these shiny cells aren't just for show, new research finds. The iridescent sheen directs beams of sunlight into the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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.

If you live near the coasts, you may occasionally enjoy a good clam bake. Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest were much the same, with clams forming an important part of ...

Snorkeling amid the tree-tangled rock islands of Ngermid Bay in the western Pacific nation of Palau, Alison Sweeney lingers at a plunging coral ledge, photographing every giant clam she sees along a ...

Many predators lurk in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but the so-called disco clam has a flashy defense mechanism — a spectacular light show — to scare away potential threats. These ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Brilliant shades of blue and aqua coat the iridescent lips of giant clams, but these shiny cells ...

All the returns on long-range effects of radioactive fallout are by no means in (TIME, Feb. 18 et seq.). and a report published by two Navy civilian scientists suggests the worrisome possibility that ...