To pinpoint how climate change will play out, scientists are trying to solve a painstaking puzzle with clues etched in ...

Sclerochronologists — scientists who tell time through shells and bones — can’t take credit for discovering that clams are astute record keepers. That honor goes to Aristotle, who in fourth ...

There are little necks, cherrystones, and surf clams, but the North Shore is known for its soft-shell clams, aptly nicknamed “Ipswich clams.” They can be fried, steamed, or served in clam chowder.

A species of clam is back from the dead ... Willett named the species after Edna Cook, an amateur shell collector who recognized the fossil as being unique among a collection of more than 30,000 ...

Meanwhile, a short drive north along the Sonoma County coast, researchers from UC Davis are also using ground-up shells, this time from clams. Their goal is to help combat a threat from climate ...