Heart cockles have windows in their shells made from natural optical fibers, allowing light through to the algae inside them.

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

Heart cockles are bivalve mollusks that resemble clams. And like clams, they have a symbiotic relationship with the algae that live inside their shells. In the relationship, the algae get food ...

Sign our petition to help protect ocean life from ocean acidification. Shell-forming animals like corals, crabs, oysters and urchins are getting hit first because ocean acidification robs seawater of ...

Some species, such as giant clams, must open their shells to give the algae the sunlight they need. But smaller relatives called heart cockles are able to nourish their internal algae farms ...

An adult loggerhead's top shell is slightly heart-shaped with a reddish-brown color ... Eventually, post-hatchlings are transported by ocean currents farther offshore into deeper waters where they ...