Driftwood When wood meets water, an incredible transformation takes place. Organisms such as bivalves, bacteria and fungi remove organic material, hollowing the timber and making it lighter.

Thousands of feet deep, pieces of wood once on the surface settle onto the ocean floor of the north Atlantic. Destined to ...

Glittering like a disco ball, this bivalve puts on startling light shows for the animals trying to eat it. In the face of danger, most bivalves protect their squishy bodies by snapping their hard ...

Is it time we championed bivalves? Simmering in pots around the world is a food that could spark a revolution. Most of us have probably eaten it at some point, but it’s an overlooked part of our ...

A new study says the answer is yes. But the best-case scenario sits on a knife-edge of three factors: Location, location, ...

Experts weigh in on how to prepare these beloved bivalves. With a briny, lightly sweet flavor and a tender texture, fresh scallops are a delicacy—and one that is fairly easy to make at home once ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

Aquaculture farmers here are now helping the elusive bivalves continue their comeback. If things go well, the European delicacy can be served when the Pacific oyster, the variety predominantly ...

Avoid frozen bivalves as they usually taste rubbery when cooked. When buying mussels, colour is not indicative of quality – orange-fleshed mussels are female while whiter mussels are male.