Engineering has always taken cues from biology. Natural organisms and systems have done well at evolving to perform tasks and achieve objectives within the limits set by nature and physics. That is ...

A new study led by researchers at UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) ToBo Lab has revealed that giant clam populations in American Sāmoa are far more stable and abundant than ...

Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and rare species have ...

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As part of a statewide initiative, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) researchers, students, and alumni are pairing clams ...

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Dwelling in your own filth might not sound like an appealing lifestyle, but a species of wood-eating ocean clams has found a way to make it work. A study published in Marine Biodiversity on Thursday ...

LUBEC — Kyle Pepperman, executive director of the Downeast Institute, joined the Lubec Shellfish Committee this week to give a talk on clam biology and the process of seeding clam flats. The committee ...

Ocean acidification and resulting shell dissolution is a potential mechanism contributing to extremely high mortality rates in juvenile bivalves. Coastal marine ecosystems are especially vulnerable to ...

Pismo clam populations along Central Coast beaches are booming after decades of decline, but clammers should be aware that the shellfish are still too small to legally harvest. Pilfering the clams ...

Engineering has always taken cues from biology. Natural organisms and systems have done well at evolving to perform tasks and achieve objectives within the limits set by nature and physics. That is ...