This bizarre sea creature blurs the line between animal and object, strutting across the ocean floor while hiding in plain ...

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 ...

LONDON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Welsh scientists analyzing a clam shell from the North Atlantic off the coast of Iceland determined it was the oldest living animal in recorded history. The ocean quahog, ...

It has been christened Ming and it's officially the oldest animal to have ever lived. BBC: Museum shows 116-year-old orange Timeline of Ming's centenary milestones Leader: RIP Ming the clam A British ...

Scientists say that a series of marks carved onto a freshwater clam shell represent the earliest known engravings made by a human ancestor. The zigzag lines visible in the photo above probably were ...

About 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the land, three little shrimp went house hunting. Perhaps seeking shelter from predators, far from protective coral reefs, they chose a giant ...

A clam dredged from icy Arctic waters is being hailed as the world's longest-lived animal. Climate researchers at Bangor University in the United Kingdom recently counted 405 annual growth rings in ...