Heart-shaped marine mollusks have evolved a unique adaptation to harness sunlight. Researchers from the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Duke University closely studied heart cockles ...

So it is at Tillamook Bay, where the four-mile long Bayocean Spit offers a hike or a bike ride to reach clam heaven. The summertime low tides are perfect for this adventure as we cool off with cockle ...

An unsuspecting shellfish with an adorable-looking shell may contain the secrets of fast internet speed. This quirk of evolution marks the first time fiber-optic cable bundles have been spotted in a ...

Discovering a species new for science is on every researcher’s wish list. Jan Johan ter Poorten is a Dutch expert on cardiid species (family Cardiidae). Recently, he discovered three new species in ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses. There's ...

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the ...

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of marine ...

The cancer likely started off as an immune cell that mutated, multiplied and adapted to survive in the water. By Carl Zimmer In the 1970s, soft-shell clams started mysteriously dying off in Maine and ...

This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.