Widespread fishing of the creature for its meat, as well as its prized, vibrant armor, has significantly reduced giant clam ...

Five giant clam species are proposed for endangered listings — porcelain or China clam ... Throughout the Indo-Pacific region the clams have suffered similar rates of decline and completely ...

What's inside a clam? A retractable foot ... which are often used for cooking. And then there are giant clams, which can grow more than a meter long and weigh as much as 250 kilograms.

Here’s why. The Giant Clam Garden residing at JCU’s Orpheus Island Research Station experienced a mass loss of clams due to a reduced salt density in the water – an after-effect from severe ...