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, ...

Ming is considered the oldest living non-colonial animal ever. She was discovered at 507 years old, according to 2013 research. “Non-colonial” refers to all animals excluding corals, which can live ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have documented what they are calling possibly the most extreme case of animal structure elongation ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Aber-clam Lincoln, a quahog clam believed to be 214 years old, was released into the Gulf of Mexico last week by his caretakers at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab. Americorps member ...

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 ...