As the largest living bivalve mollusk, the giant clam acts as a lynchpin for its environment. They are filter feeders, which ...

And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams, like these, which are often used for cooking. And then there are giant clams, which can grow more than a meter long and weigh as ...

Giant clams are photosymbiotic. Algae called Symbiodinium provide these big bivalves with ... “Bivalves are ecosystem engineers – they build places for other things to live, they provide food that ...