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, ...

Healthy corals are colorful and full of life. And under normal conditions, corals and algae depend on one another. The corals offer the algae protection and the photosynthesizing algae provide the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The algae produce those sugars via photosynthesis, which requires sunlight … and there typically isn't a whole lot of sunlight deep inside a sealed-up clamshell. While the cockles could give the algae ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they’ve become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one ...

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 ...