What compels them to open up their shells? Watch the video above, and we will explore the topic further. Filter feeding is an ...

And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams, like these, which are often used for cooking. And then there are giant clams, which can grow more than a meter long and weigh as ...

The giant clam, for example, can reach over four feet in length and filter massive amounts of water daily. Soft-shell clams, found along many coastlines, are champions at surviving in shifting ...

The Philippines' Bajo de Masinloc also known as Scarborough Shoal suffers from China's giant clam fishing activities, ...

Maybe you're new to Rhode Island and don't know what a quahog is. Or maybe you've lived here for a while but are too afraid to ask.

Giant clams — the largest grow to a shell length of 54 inches and weigh nearly 500 pounds — live in coastal areas next to coral reefs in the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific. Giant clams are generally ...

Once buried, a geoduck's shell remains sedentary. While other clams move to avoid predators ... Argentina to New Zealand and Japan, but the largest geoducks reside on North America's Pacific ...