Scientists say invasive Manila clams have taken hold from Boston Harbor to Cape Cod, marking a first for the Atlantic coast.

After decades of slow conquest, the delicious mollusk is finally setting up shop along the New England coastline. According ...

A team of biologists led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified the first established colonies of invasive ...

Scientists warn that along the West Coast, legions of soft-shell clams are contracting a deadly, highly contagious cancer.

Contagious cancer has hit shellfish in Washington.

Most people think of clams as a gooey blob inside of a two-piece shell, but there’s actually a lot more going on inside that shell that you might come to expect. While it’s true that a clam is rather ...

The tiny, pale surf clam about the size of a fingernail that most people have seen and collected on beaches around the world holds clues in its shell to Earth's past. For the first time, researchers ...

The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours. Open up a clam, and you might see the making of ...

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 ...