Lazarus taxa, where a species is declared extinct but later learned to be alive and kicking, is the reason people think the ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

The Polyplacophora differ from the other taxa of the phylum Mollusca in that their dorsal shell is formed by eight plates or valves, and the mantle forms a belt around the plates. They are benthic and ...

Sea mollusc shells are patterned not through conscious control, but by chemistry acting at the shell’s growing edge. A thin strip of tissue known as the mantle secretes both the shell material and its ...

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I really like clams. And I absolutely adore mussels. I acquired a taste for these mollusk bivalves thanks to my dad’s influence. As a kid in New Hampshire, my trip to the Atlantic coast was never ...

Not much is known about the extent of hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination among Philippine communities, according to researchers, prompting an urgent call for further research and monitoring efforts ...

They live in the water and sometimes make an appearance on your dinner plate. Meet clams and mussels, two of the most commonly known types of bivalve mollusks on Earth. To the untrained eye, they may ...

LOMA, Colo. — Water is a driving force in the American West, and today it’s at risk more than ever. Not just from overuse, not just from megadrought, but from minuscule invaders that pose a nearly ...

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Visitors and locals flock to La Jolla’s beaches in the summer, but another group of beach-goers also is making its way to the shore by the thousands. This month is a good time for those who walk La ...

A new study has suggested a species of marine animal may communicate with each other by waving. Researchers from École Normale Supérieure in France have found evidence of cuttlefish possibly ...