Almost fifty years ago, when Haraldur Sigurdsson first came to the University of Rhode Island from Iceland, he got interested in what makes some clam shells more purple than others.

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pronounced “gooey duck,” are a species of large edible saltwater clam. Just like the rings that trees develop every year, clams also have climate information embedded within their shells.

Wild American oysters, long considered extinct in Midcoast Maine, have returned to the region, according to a recent study. With the help of local shellfish harvesters, researchers from the University ...

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Remove any fibrous beards from between the shells, then place the cleaned mussels in a bowl. To clean the clams, first place them in a large bowl of salted cold water, which helps to remove some ...

As the sun moves its position throughout the day, giant clams close or open their shells using their large abductor muscles (the clam meat that people eat). This allows the algae that live inside to ...

As a result of the clam’s weakened immune system, its genome contains a large number of transposable elements ... She added that many creatures living in the shallow waters rely on their shells for ...

Relatively large amounts of oxygen-16 in the clam’s shell attest to the balmy seas surrounding it. By the time this clam — the oldest in Reynolds’ chronology — died in the year 988 ...

Pick through and discard any with broken or open shells that will not close when you flick at them with your finger. Allow the clams to drain in the sink while you prepare the chowder base. 2. In a ...