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After four decades, a First Nation community in Canada is finally able to fully access clean water. St'uxwtéws (Bonaparte First Nation) has been dealing with recurring boil water advisories and water ...

"They've still got their algae unlike the coral. It seems to take more to get them to bleach. So that's kind of a weird biological mystery." These seemingly healthy creatures include a clam-like ...

Ever wondered where to find clam chowder so good it makes you want to hug a mollusk? Florida’s got you covered, and I’m not just blowing hot air through my shell. Florida, the land of sunshine, ...

An animal's shell is subjected to stress throughout its life, and residual stress can be released and measured as strain. The shape and texture of the shell are advantageous features of design.

Oh, Florida! When viral videos of an alligator walking the runway at an airport or shows up splashing in a pool or on the beach seem normal, that’s when you know you’re from the Sunshine State.

Billions of people rely on freshwater sources for drinking water and power generation. Around the world, 70 percent is used for agriculture. At least 10 percent of animals live exclusively in ...

The bioluminescent animal didn’t match up with anything they’d seen before, so they nicknamed it the “mystery mollusk.” “It sort of looks like it was made up from spare parts left over ...

Of course, that also means selecting the right livestock — fish, plants, crustaceans and molluscs — to produce an accurate representation of the ... Anyone can take part, with further information ...

A heart-shaped mollusc has evolved tiny windows that work like fibre-optic cables, the first known example in nature. Heart cockles (Corculum cardissa) are bivalve molluscs a bit like clams that ...