Effective Feb. 16, the Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) will require an official ...

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 ...

Bivalve shells have emerged as invaluable archives of past environmental conditions. Their annual and sub‐annual growth increments record precise temporal variations that, when coupled with stable ...

Deep under the surface of the South China Sea, a new species waits buried in the sand. Matt Hardy via Unsplash More than 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, a crack in the seafloor spews gases into ...

Thousands of feet deep, pieces of wood once on the surface settle onto the ocean floor of the north Atlantic. Destined to break down and return its material to the earth, sunken wood offers a unique ...

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Cast of a bivalve shell preserved in 6.5-million year old sediment on Crete (Greece). The scientists analyzed the presences of organisms such as this to complete their extensive analysis. Disclaimer: ...

Previously it has been argued that midden analysis from three geographically distinct coastal regions of tropical northern Australia (Hope Inlet, Blyth River, Blue Mud Bay) demonstrates that changes ...