"We still have a ways to go." Volunteers work with oysters on critical project that could profoundly change ocean waters: ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are ...

Kolkata: Two new species of fireflies have been discovered by a city researcher who has been studying these fascinating insects for nearly a decade.Be.

For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation -- and volunteers like Kimberly Price are battling to repopulate the surprisingly ...

Some English fishermen have hit the jackpot this season, hauling in tons of octopus, but the invasion of the eight-legged molluscs also highlights the threat from marine heat waves. Persistent ...

Unlike the mussels you find at the seafood market, quagga mussels are not edible, so people don't harvest the tiny mollusks for food as a means to get rid of them. Removing quagga mussels is ...

Chesapeake Bay’s oysters make a steady comeback. The Maryland mollusks have survived decades of overharvesting, disease and drought.

Eventually, excessively cold or hot temperatures stop both the movement of the cilia and the heartbeat of mollusk larvae. But the response to temperature depends on the stage of the larva. High ...

The mystery mollusc, ... The larvae did not survive to adulthood, so these creatures will not be joining the deep sea exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium in the flesh anytime soon.

The number of larvae found in individual molluscs is shown in Table VI. Without considering the species, only one L3 larvae was found in 20 out of 45 (44%) examinations. The highest parasitic burden ...