A new paleontology study by UChicago researchers discovered that rock-boring clams, known as bivalves, vary in shape despite performing the same function. This paper is one of the first major studies ...

Bivalves, such as clams, oysters and mussels, record seasonal environmental changes in their shells, making them living chronicles of climate history. A new study of bivalve shells has detected two ...

An unremarkable thing happened in a remarkable way during the recently ended oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay. Some Virginia watermen harvested bivalves from public oyster grounds in the ...

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 ...

Not all bivalves are created equal. Oysters and clams are both bivalves—animals with two connected shells—but they have more differences than similarities. While the differences may not be obvious at ...

If you love oysters, clams and mussels, you gotta love February. All three of these delectable bivalves are at their peak of quality right now. That old saying about only eating oysters during months ...