A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists ...

This compelling study is a splendid advance in approximately doubling the number of sequenced chiton genomes, providing what appears to be among the best genome annotations for chiton genomes ...

Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of ...

A now-dead clam nicknamed “Ming” is the oldest living individual animal ever found at 507 years old.

In February 2000, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were using a remotely operated vehicle to observe sea animals offshore when they discovered a bioluminescent mollusk ...

Filter-feeding mollusks respond to water pollution in a very detectable and measurable manner. With that fact in mind, ...

Nicknamed the "mystery mollusc," Bathydevius caudactylus is a ... taken this new technology into the deep ocean, allowing us to study the luminous behavior of deep-sea animals in their natural ...

A study describing the new species published Tuesday ... which initially led researchers to question exactly what type of mollusk it was. The underwater research robot has spotted it in waters ...