Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

They are mysterious mollusks, a shellfish once abundant on sandy beaches across the state. These days, Pismo clams are a rare find at the shoreline – but can the next generation of school-age ...

They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low tide. Hustling along with rakes and buckets, they chat and laugh gaily.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s low tide in Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, California, and Hannah Hensel is ...

Sure, sea otters learning to slam dunk is an impressive sight, but sometimes there’s nothing cuter than animals doing what they do best. In this case, smashing open some clams as a midday treat. The ...

These are the clam diggers of Lourizan. They call themselves, "the peasant farmers of the sea." They work about three hours a day over 15 or 16 days a month, earning about $107 a shift. Clam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAMPTON BEACH — One of the great advantages to living along the ocean are the amazing things that show up on the beach after a ...

A marine biologist found thousands of dead mussels, clams, and starfish on a Vancouver beach Sunday. They died as a result of the heat in the record-breaking heatwave that hit Canada in June. He ...