The dynamics of freeze and thaw events in Antarctic sea ice impart chemical changes in the underlying sea water. Trace metals in sea ice and accumulated through deposition of dust are released into ...

Sea shells are abundant on the New Jersey shores. There are the black ridged scallop shells that look like accordion fans, the pretty and delicate spiral shells that come in various patterns and ...

AMES, Iowa – Alan Wanamaker, working as a postdoctoral researcher from 2007 to 2009, was charged with beginning to compile a 1,000-year record of the marine climate for a spot in the North Atlantic ...

Neanderthals living on the coast of what is now Italy dived underwater to collect shells which they then made into tools, research has revealed. For a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team ...

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 ...

Researchers obtained daily and hourly biogeochemical records dating from January 29, 2012 to December 9, 2013 of a live giant clam (Tridacna) shell collected from the South China Sea by examining its ...

Pollution and rising sea temperatures are wiping out delicate coral reef ecosystems. But the conditions that devastate corals haven’t ravaged the northern Red Sea’s giant clams, which seem to be ...

Scientists in the South China Sea found a “slender” sea animal with a “razor”-like edge and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto In the South China Sea, scientists hauled ...