Ming is considered the oldest living non-colonial animal ever. She was discovered at 507 years old, according to 2013 ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

The online database covers nearly all the fossils discovered in New Zealand ... found new information about the extinction rates of mollusk species. They found the invertebrates are dying ...

Portuguese authorities have cracked down on operators handling meat, eggs, wine, cheese and mollusks in various operations over recent months but have recently opted to go on strike. Earlier this ...

Trilobites, some of the oldest arthropods, and ammonites, with their iconic spiral shells, are common finds for fossil hunters. You can also discover orthoceras (ancient mollusks) and, with a ...

Alfonso Benito Calvo, a geologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is a participant in a paper published in the journal Quaternary that has revealed that the ...

Shellfish — specifically, bivalves like clams, oysters, mussels and scallops — are nutrition-packed and an environmental success story. Sustainable farming of these mollusks has boomed ...