One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago

When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one creature on the seafloor that's almost ...
Mother Jones

This Indigenous Trick May Help Protect Shellfish Against Acidification

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s low tide in Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, California, and Hannah Hensel is ...
Reuters

South China Sea reefs 'decimated' as giant clams harvested in bulk

TANMEN, China (Reuters) - Ornaments made from the shells of endangered giant clams, renowned in China for having auspicious powers and the lustre of ivory, have become coveted luxuries, a trend which ...
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Florida returned half a million oyster shells to the Gulf of Mexico. The discarded shells became new reef habitat for marine life

What looked like waste has turned into an important tool for restoring marine life along Florida's coast. Between 2007 and 2024, Florida placed more than 500,000 tonnes of recycled oyster and clam ...

The Sea Reflected in a Miso Soup Pot—The Clam Wife and the Bond of the Two-Part Shell

Steam rising in an empty houseLong ago, in a seaside village, there lived a poor young man who lived alone. One day, he found ...
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Iowa State scientist uses clam shells to help build 1,000-year record of ocean climate

AMES, Iowa – Alan Wanamaker, working as a postdoctoral researcher from 2007 to 2009, was charged with beginning to compile a 1,000-year record of the marine climate for a spot in the North Atlantic ...
The Atlantic

Some Indigenous People Crushed Up Dead Clams. Maybe We Should Too?

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It’s low tide in Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, and Hannah Hensel is squishing through thick mud on the hunt for clams. The hinged ...