Heart cockle shells in natural light (top row) and illuminated from within to show the transparent shell windows, which vary from little triangles to stripes to mosaics. Credit: Dakota McCoy A team of ...

Shellfish are extremely important to various ocean ecosystems globally, yet they are some of the most overlooked species. One example is the Atlantic giant cockle, which feeds on plankton, helping to ...

SLURPING OYSTERS from their shells may be a rare indulgence for humans, but these bivalve molluscs and their relatives, such as clams and mussels, slurp for a living. Most are filter feeders, ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses. There's ...

There's a sea creature that uses its own kind of fiber-optic cables to channel light to the algae living inside it. Wrap your head around that one. Science reporter Ari Daniel explains this could have ...