Like oysters and mussels, the scallops we eat and love are bivalve mollusks, and are actually adductor muscles, joining together both halves of the sea creatures' shells and allowing them to literally ...

Usami and his team are now transforming discarded shells into a new material called Shellstic—like plastic, but with about 20% to 50% shells. After one year of development, the first major product to ...

Scallops are generally considered sedentary organisms, meaning that they do not move around much. However, this very still lifestyle changes when a scallop is disturbed by a predator. This disturbance ...

The village of Sarufutsu in Japan's Soya district, is known for its shellfish industry. As such, it churns out about 40,000 tons of empty shells each year which piles up in huge mounds. Working with ...

Fresh. Bright. Tasty. This scallop aguachile is an absolute joy to eat—uncooked like a ceviche, but with a sweeter, cleaner taste thanks to a shorter marinating time. The scallops plump up in a ...

Airplane wings that don't ice up or solar cells that generate electricity even in winter - ice-free surfaces are important for many applications. A team of scientists has now studied an Antarctic ...

Scuba diving and freediving allow us to see a different world than we are used to. Jules Casey, also known as @onebreathdiver on Instagram, is an award-winning Australian photographer who shares some ...