Discovering a new species is always exciting, but so is finding one alive that everyone assumed had been lost to the passage of time. A small clam, previously known only from fossils, has recently ...

A small clam, previously known only from fossils, has recently been found living at Naples Point, near Santa Barbara. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

In an astonishing discovery, scientists have uncovered a clam species believed to have vanished over 40,000 years ago. Known as Cymatioa cooki, this tiny bivalve was thought to exist only in ...

Trace fossils, a series of ... 18 cm-long clam shell taken from the island’s reef showed a slowing growth rate in 2010 corresponding to a massive coral bleaching event triggered by El Nino.

Traskasaura sandrae is a "very odd" mix of primitive and derived traits. A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found ...