But whilst undeniably (and impressively) old, living through such events as the Aztec Empire and the exploding whale incident ...

The so-called "disco clam" is one eye-catching mollusk—nestled in coral reefs off Indonesia, the animal generates brilliant flashes of light that earned it its festive name. Now Dougherty and her ...

Discover how clams exhibit clever locomotion by surfing waves to stay near water, ensuring survival during tide changes. Although it is probably not possible to underrate the intelligence of clams, ...

Ming is considered the oldest living non-colonial animal ever. She was discovered at 507 years old, according to 2013 research. “Non-colonial” refers to all animals excluding corals, which can live ...

When a clam was dredged up from the bottom of the sea of Iceland, a team of scientists eagerly cracked it open - killing the oldest animal in the world. The mollusc was 507 years old - when it was ...

Most people think of clams as a gooey blob inside of a two-piece shell, but there’s actually a lot more going on inside that shell that you might come to expect. While it’s true that a clam is rather ...

An Animel Crossing: New Horizons screenshot depicting a character wearing sunglasses and holding a wooden shovel while standing on a beach, in front of some palm trees. A clam and a golden shooting ...

Researchers found what may have been the oldest living animal ... a 405-year-old clam. Paul Butler, a research student at Bangor University in Wales, says it was technically an ocean quahog, but ...

Everyone loves the feeling of clean clothes—except maybe sea animals. Each load of laundry you do may be pouring hundreds of thousands of tiny pollutants into the water, which are then ingested by ...

Consternation over the death of the world's oldest-recorded animal, a 507-year-old clam nicknamed Ming, has earned marine researchers unhappy headlines worldwide. But a closer look at the ...