An unappreciated group of filter-feeding animals found around our coastlines could clean up our waters and nourish a billion people. Is it time we championed bivalves? Simmering in pots around the ...

Oysters, clams and scallops are a seafood success story. Credit...Hans Kissinger/Trunk Archive Supported by By Erik Vance If you’re looking for healthy animal protein, nothing on Earth beats seafood.

Bivalves: clams, scallops, oysters, cockles, and mussels, have rich lives and complex evolutionary histories far beyond the deep-fryer. Here are vignettes of four bivalves that provide a small glimpse ...

ABSTRACT: The effective use of ecosystem engineers in biodiversity conservation is contingent on an understanding of those factors that influence the magnitude and direction of their effects. At patch ...

Clams, mussels and oysters are important vehicles for the transmission of enteric diseases when consumed raw or undercooked. Vibrio species, including human pathogens, are particularly abundant in ...

A new study has shown that rock-boring bivalves are more diverse in morphology than other bivalve groups. Rock-boring does not require specialised physical traits, but instead is determined by ...

The microstructure of the shell of bivalve molluscs was examined by lightand electron-microscopy. The purpose of this paper is to classify and describe this structure, and to discuss the affinity and ...