An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct—including many mollusks. By studying the ...

“Its shape dictates what a bivalve can or can’t do.” “For example, we know that birds have to be a certain shape and size if they want to fly through the air, and it’s a similar story for bivalves ...

Marine protected areas in Brazil are often viewed as safe havens for biodiversity. But even the strictest of these zones aren ...

Despite being considered sanctuaries for biodiversity, Brazil's marine protected areas (MPAs) are not immune to microplastic contamination. A recent ...

A new study shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida's Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thousand years.

It takes around 80 bivalves, he says ... there was a nonalcohol mixologist at one of the counters — another example of otaku, someone super-passionate about his craft. Twenty-five years ago ...

Florida’s Nature Coast shelters one of the last thriving seagrass meadows, offering a rare glimpse of a healthy marine ...

Nearly five percent of Patterson Island, for example, would be regularly underwater ... hears of the state’s ancient bivalve-eating history, he feels connected to the communities that ate ...