Human-harvested shellfish from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collections. (Credit: Brittany M. Hance and James D. Tiller, Smithsonian) Photos illustrating this research ...
Aquaculture is fast becoming unsustainable and unnecessarily cruel. It’s time to look to bivalves, the most environmentally sound animal species to farm Aquaculture – the farming of aquatic animals – ...
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct – including many molluscs. By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ensure that mussels, ...