The Waikiki Aquarium announced today that its beloved giant clam, or Tridacna gigas, died of suspected natural causes on Tuesday. The clam was believed to be the oldest of its species in captivity ...

GIANT clams destined for the dinner table have been reprieved and rehoused at a Tyneside aquarium. The fist-sized shellfish given a new home at Tynemouth’s Blue Reef aquarium after being seized by ...

Grab your platform shoes, and let’s talk about the disco clam. The Indo-Pacific ocean mollusk gets its fun moniker from a thin strip of tissue on the very edge of its orange “lips,” which appears to ...

Earlier this year, National Geographic reported on the environmental destruction taking place in the South China Sea while politicians and diplomats argue over which country controls the region. The ...

Larvae of the burrowing clam Tridacna crocea (Tridacnidae) settle preferentially on top of detached coral heads lying on the surface of the interior reef flat in the Great Barrier Reef province. This ...

China’s thriving black market for jewellery made from giant clams continues to drive the destruction of biodiverse coral reefs in Indonesian and Philippine waters as Chinese marine scientists are ...